The key facts

  • Two Palestinians were killed and eight wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza, medical sources and witnesses say
  • Another man wounded in the strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has died, raising that attack's death toll to seven
  • According to Gaza's health ministry as of Wednesday, ceasefire violations since 10 October 2025 have killed 1,622 Palestinians

Attacks in southern and central Gaza

Early on Friday morning, two Palestinians were killed and eight wounded in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources and witnesses report. The ceasefire, in effect since 10 October 2025, formally holds, but violations continue.

Khan Younis and Rafah

In the south of the enclave, an Israeli drone struck a group of Palestinians in the area known as the 'Turkish slaughterhouse' southwest of Khan Younis: a 36-year-old man was killed and five people were wounded. In the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah, a girl was wounded in the neck when Israeli forces opened fire on tents of displaced people; her condition is described as critical. Military vehicles also fired intensively on the eastern, southern and central districts of Khan Younis, while artillery shelled the east of the city.

Aftermath of the strike on Nasser Hospital

Separately, the death is reported of 20-year-old Eyad Mohammed al-Jazzar, who succumbed to wounds sustained in the Israeli strike on the Nasser Hospital building in Khan Younis on Thursday morning. According to Gaza's health ministry, that attack killed six Palestinians, including a child and a physician, and wounded about 30 medical workers, patients and their companions. With al-Jazzar's death, the death toll from the hospital strike has reached seven.

Overall ceasefire violation statistics

According to the latest figures from Gaza's health ministry, released on Wednesday, violations of the ceasefire regime have killed 1,622 Palestinians and wounded 5,878 others. Since 8 October 2023, according to the same figures, the war in Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, with over 175,000 wounded — most of them women and children. About 90% of the enclave's infrastructure has been destroyed; the UN estimates reconstruction will cost $71.4 billion.