One victim succumbs to wounds sustained in Thursday’s Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan
GAZA CITY — Six Palestinians were killed and around 20 others injured Friday in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip amid continued violations of a ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct. 10, 2025, according to medical sources and witnesses.
In the latest attack, Israeli artillery shelling killed three Palestinians, including a woman and a child, and injured at least 10 others east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said.
Local sources and witnesses said Israeli forces fired several artillery shells toward the area, one of which struck an apartment in a residential tower.
The shelling coincided with a nearby condolence gathering, triggering panic among civilians, the sources added.
A Palestinian was also moderately injured by heavy gunfire from Israeli military vehicles in the same area and taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, according to a medical source.
In the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, a 45-year-old man was killed by Israeli gunfire.
An elderly Palestinian woman and her son were also injured in Israeli artillery shelling targeting areas east of the neighborhood.
In northern Gaza, two Palestinians, including a child, were injured when Israeli military vehicles opened fire on homes and tents in Beit Lahia and the Fallujah neighborhood, a medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital said.
In the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, Israeli quadcopter drones dropped explosive devices onto the roofs of inhabited homes near the so-called “yellow line,” according to local sources.
The explosions caused extensive damage to the targeted homes, but no casualties were reported.
Israeli naval vessels also opened fire and launched shells toward the Gaza City coast, while artillery struck the area around the Wadi Gaza bridge south of the city.
In southern Gaza, a 36-year-old Palestinian man was killed and five others injured when an Israeli drone struck a group of Palestinians in the Turkish Slaughterhouse area southwest of Khan Younis.
In the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah, a Palestinian girl was shot in the neck when Israeli forces opened fire on tents sheltering displaced people. Her condition was reported to be serious.
Israeli military vehicles also opened heavy fire on eastern, southern and central areas of Khan Younis, while artillery shelled areas east of the city.
Separately, Eyad Mohammed al-Jazzar, 20, succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli strike on a building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis early Thursday.
The attack killed six Palestinians, including a child and a doctor, and wounded around 30 medical workers, patients and their companions, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Al-Jazzar’s death brought the toll from the hospital attack to seven.
According to the latest figures released Wednesday by Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israeli ceasefire violations have killed 1,622 Palestinians and wounded 5,878 others.
Since Oct. 8, 2023, Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded over 175,000 others, most of them women and children.
The war has destroyed around 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure, with the UN estimating reconstruction costs at $71.4 billion. — Anadolu Agency