At least eight Palestinians have been killed, and 20 others wounded, when an Israeli drone struck a civilian gathering during the funeral of a Palestinian who had been killed earlier by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, despite a ceasefire.
Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp said in a statement on Friday that it received the bodies of eight people and treated 20 wounded after an Israeli strike targeted a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area.
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that the drone targeted Palestinians gathered outside the Ahmad Yassin Mosque as they waited to begin the funeral procession.
The funeral was for a Palestinian who had been killed by Israeli forces earlier, the witnesses said.
Videos circulating on social media showed several bodies and wounded people lying on the ground, with blood covering their clothes and bodies.
Commenting on the attack, the Gaza media office said the Israeli army had killed more than 25 Palestinians over the past 72 hours in attacks targeting markets, funerals, civilian gatherings, and residential homes.
In a statement, the office said it was "following with grave concern the systematic criminal escalation carried out by the Israeli occupation army against unarmed civilians in Gaza, in blatant defiance of all agreements, conventions, customs, and international humanitarian law."
It added that "the killings and the war of genocide continue at an escalating pace, carried out through a policy of bombing popular markets, funerals, peaceful civilian gatherings, and safe residential apartments over the heads of their inhabitants."
The office said the attacks "constitute a clear entrenchment of a policy of terrorism directed against every living being in Gaza."
The attack came as Israel continued to violate the ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since October 10, 2025.
