In a series of recent air and ground operations, Israeli forces have killed four Palestinians, including a child, in central and southern Gaza. The casualties were reported by multiple medical facilities and local witnesses, highlighting the ongoing intensity of the conflict.
At dawn on Thursday, a drone launched from Israeli airspace fired two missiles at a tent sheltering displaced people west of az‑Zawayda. Abdul Rahim Walid Matar, 27, was killed in the strike, according to Al‑Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el‑Balah. The hospital also confirmed that a second drone strike in the Az‑zawaya area killed another individual, bringing the death toll from these incidents to four.
In Khan Younis, Nasser Medical Complex reported the death of a woman and injuries to two others after Israeli fire struck outside areas under Israeli military control. A separate source at al‑Awda Hospital confirmed that a child was killed by Israeli fire in the Bureij refugee camp. Al Jazeera correspondent Ashraf Amra, reporting from Deir el‑Balah, described how Israeli forces opened direct fire on homes and tents in eastern Bureij, killing the child on the spot. He also noted that a man inside a tent was critically wounded and taken for surgery at Nasser.
Additional drone activity was reported in the al‑Baraka area of Deir el‑Balah, where a gathering of residents was struck, wounding several people, one critically. In the northern part of the enclave, a drone hit an apartment in al‑Karama, northwest of Gaza City, wounding a Palestinian. Israeli artillery also shelled eastern Gaza City heavily, and naval vessels fired toward the coastline.
Local accounts describe Israeli military vehicles firing heavily around the Hosni al‑Musaddar Mosque east of Maghazi camp, with a drone dropping a bomb nearby. No injuries were reported at that location. Residents east of Khan Younis reported two powerful explosions as the army demolished homes and civilian facilities within areas it controls.
Amra also reported that Israeli forces were pushing forward on the eastern edges of al‑Musaddar and Deir el‑Balah, bulldozing homes and farmland and expanding territory behind the so‑called “Yellow Line.”
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that three Palestinians had been killed and 21 wounded in the previous 24 hours, with one of the three dying from earlier wounds. Since the ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, the ministry has recorded 1,602 Palestinian deaths and 5,794 injuries. The overall toll since October 2023 stands at 74,618 killed and 175,920 wounded.
The Gaza Government Media Office has documented 5,989 ceasefire violations by Israel since the truce began, including 753 in October, with 346 shootings, 310 bombardments, and 64 home demolitions.
Source: Al Jazeera
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