Strike on Gaza university kills three: staff, hospital

An Israeli drone strike on the Islamic University in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, according to staff and a local hospital. Al Shifa hospital reported receiving three bodies and treating eight wounded individuals following the strike. Sources at the university stated the deceased were employees, with Dawn specifying they were administrative staff, while the injured were students.

Gaza’s education ministry noted the students had been attending classes and stated that 95 percent of academic buildings have been damaged during the war.

The Israeli military stated that the reports of the strike are currently under review. Regarding other fatalities in the territory, Al-Monitor reported that the civil defence agency found five others killed elsewhere, while Dawn and Free Malaysia Today reported the agency found four others killed. Dawn's report on these fatalities included two deaths in an airstrike in Khan Younis, one in central Deir al Balah, and one in the north of the Strip.

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