The key facts

  • At least seven killed, including a father and his 13-year-old son, in Israeli attacks on Gaza on Tuesday
  • The Israeli army confirmed strikes on militants in Zeitoun and Daraj, without commenting on other incidents
  • At least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire began, according to local health authorities

The victims and circumstances of the strikes

At least seven people were killed on Tuesday in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, including a father and his 13-year-old son, Palestinian medical sources and media reported. Fadi Rajab and his son Abubakr were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit the roof of a shelter for displaced people in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, according to medics. Another Palestinian was killed in an airstrike on the Ghabayn family home in the Daraj neighborhood, media reported. In Khan Younis, in the south of the strip, a person was killed by Israeli fire, and three more died in an airstrike in the Sabra neighborhood, the Wafa agency reported; a fire broke out in a nearby tent camp for displaced people after the attack.

The Israeli army's position

The Israeli army said it struck militants in Zeitoun and Daraj but gave no details. It made no immediate comment on the incidents in Khan Younis and Sabra.

Context: a ceasefire under dispute

The deaths came amid ongoing disputes over the US-brokered ceasefire that took effect in October 2025 and envisaged the subsequent reconstruction of the strip. Negotiators have failed to agree on the terms of Hamas's disarmament or the withdrawal of Israeli troops, who control about two-thirds of the territory; residents have been ordered to leave areas under Israeli control. Israel claims Hamas is seeking to regroup and replenish its arsenal, while the Palestinian group says it is committed to the agreement and accuses Israel of undermining it.

The overall figures

According to the territory's health authorities, at least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire took effect; Israel reports four soldiers killed over the same period. In total, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed in the military campaign, according to Palestinian authorities; the campaign began after Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.