Child among three killed in Gaza by Israel strikes
Three Palestinians, including a young girl, were killed today in an Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources and first responders said.
In Gaza's southern Al-Mawasi area, an Israeli airstrike claimed three lives, including a young girl, medical sources and first responders reported. The attack targeted a camp for displaced people, according to Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal. The dead were identified as Hossam al-Zamli, Tamer Abu Sneima, and Jouri al-Soufi, with the latter being a seven-year-old girl, as stated by the Gaza education ministry.
Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis confirmed the deaths, noting that the victims' bodies were severely damaged by direct shrapnel impacts. Additionally, the hospital treated several wounded individuals, including a child and a woman. Israel's military acknowledged looking into the strike reports. The attack occurred as tanks and military vehicles, along with a bulldozer, entered the area on Monday morning, following a US-brokered ceasefire that established the Yellow Line dividing Israeli and Hamas-controlled territories in Gaza.
Since the ceasefire began, over 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza, with the health ministry documenting the toll. The conflict erupted on October 7, 2023, after Hamas' surprise assault on southern Israel, resulting in 1,221 deaths, according to AFP. In response, Israel launched a large-scale military operation that destroyed much of Gaza and claimed over 74,500 lives, according to the territory's health ministry, acknowledged by the United Nations.
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