Key facts
- At least six Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Sunday.
- An Israeli drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City killed four people.
- Israeli gunfire killed 9-year-old Tala Abu Matar in a displacement camp in central Gaza.
- An Israeli strike on a displacement tent in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed one Palestinian.
- The Israeli military stated it targeted "terrorist infrastructure" and a Hamas weapon production site.
Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday killed at least six Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded over a dozen others, according to local health officials. A drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood killed at least four Palestinians, according to officials at Shifa hospital. The Israeli military acknowledged striking the area, saying it targeted “terrorist infrastructure,” and later stated it struck a Hamas weapon production site. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported 14 people wounded in Gaza City. Separately, Israeli gunfire killed 9-year-old Tala Abu Matar in a displacement camp in central Gaza, according to the Health Ministry. An Israeli strike on a displacement tent in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed one Palestinian, according to health officials. Israel’s military stated it was unaware of the incident involving the child and called its strike in Khan Younis “part of routine activities.”
Since a ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Israeli strikes have continued almost daily, with the military asserting it targets militants planning attacks. Gaza’s Health Ministry reported at least 1,098 Palestinians killed, including 260 children, since the ceasefire, while five Israeli soldiers have been killed. The Hamas-led government’s health ministry states women and children make up around half of all deaths in the ongoing Israeli offensive, which has killed 73,221 Palestinians according to its figures. Negotiations between Israel and Hamas remain largely deadlocked over the implementation of the ceasefire’s second phase.