At least eight more Palestinians, including two children, have been killed and several others wounded in a series of Israeli air strikes across Gaza, despite Friday's announcement of an agreement to implement the next phase of the ceasefire plan.
A medical source at Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said early Sunday that three Palestinians (a husband and wife and their daughter) were killed and three others wounded when an Israeli air strike targeted an apartment in the Al-Qarara area northwest of the city.
The strike hit an apartment belonging to the Al-Hams family, killing Mahmoud Zaki Al-Hams, 38, his wife Fatima Al-Hams, 37, and their young daughter, witnesses told Anadolu. Their remains were taken to a hospital.
Local sources also reported that Israeli artillery shelled the Dar Al-Salam area in central Khan Younis. No casualties were immediately reported.
In central Gaza, 68-year-old Kamal Abu Muailiq and his wife Huda, 59, were killed when an Israeli helicopter struck their home in the Al-Mashaala area west of Deir al-Balah, according to medical sources and witnesses.
Israel’s genocidal war
In Gaza City, another Israeli strike on an apartment in the Al-Sousi Tower near the port area killed three Palestinians – Abdullah Abu Taif, 33, his wife Abeer Anan, 29, and their 5-year-old son Azzam – a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital said.
Another Palestinian was wounded in a separate Israeli strike targeting an apartment near the Palestine Mosque in the Al-Nasr neighbourhood of western Gaza City.
Separately, Israeli military vehicles opened fire toward eastern areas of the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, with no casualties immediately reported.
Despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect on October 10 2025, Israel has continued to violate the deal, killing at least 1,222 people and wounding 4,053 others, according to the health ministry in the besieged enclave.
The ministry said the overall death toll since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023 has risen to at least 73,349, with 174,162 people wounded.
In addition to the human toll, Israel’s brutal military offensive has destroyed about 90 percent of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, while the UN has estimated reconstruction costs at around $70 billion.
