Israeli artillery shelling killed three Palestinians, including a woman and a child, and injured at least ten others east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. A medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital confirmed the toll.
Local sources and witnesses stated that military forces fired several artillery shells toward the area. One shell struck an apartment inside a residential tower.
The bombardment coincided with a nearby condolence gathering, creating widespread panic among civilians. A separate medical source reported that heavy gunfire from military vehicles moderately injured another Palestinian in the same area.
In the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, Israeli gunfire killed a 45-year-old man. Artillery shelling in the same district injured an elderly Palestinian woman and her son.
Military vehicles in northern Gaza opened fire on homes and tents in Beit Lahia and the Fallujah neighborhood. A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital confirmed that two Palestinians, including a child, sustained injuries in these incidents.
Quadcopter drones dropped explosive devices onto inhabited rooftops near the yellow line in the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City. Local sources reported extensive structural damage to the properties, though no casualties occurred there. Naval vessels fired shells toward the Gaza City coast, while artillery struck the area surrounding the Wadi Gaza bridge.
In southern Gaza, an Israeli drone strike hit a group of Palestinians in the Turkish Slaughterhouse area southwest of Khan Younis, killing a 36-year-old man and wounding five others. Military vehicles also directed heavy gunfire and artillery toward eastern, southern, and central sectors of Khan Younis.
In the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah, a Palestinian girl suffered serious injuries to her neck after forces opened fire on tents housing displaced individuals.
Meanwhile, 20-year-old Eyad Mohammed al-Jazzar died on Thursday from injuries sustained earlier in an attack on a building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. That previous strike killed six people, including a child and a doctor, and wounded roughly 30 patients, medical workers, and companions, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Al-Jazzar’s death raised the fatality count from that specific hospital incident to seven.
Figures released Wednesday by Gaza’s Health Ministry indicate that Israeli ceasefire violations have resulted in 1,622 deaths and 5,878 injuries. Since October 8, 2023, the military campaign has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded over 175,000 others, predominantly women and children.
The offensive has destroyed approximately 90 percent of the enclave’s infrastructure. The United Nations estimates that the cost of future reconstruction will reach $71.4 billion.
