4 Palestinians killed, several others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza despite ceasefire

Four Palestinians were killed and several others, including a girl, were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital told Anadolu Agency that the body of Reem Asaad Awad, 33, and two injured people were brought to the hospital following the airstrike on a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.

The source said the strike caused extensive destruction to the targeted apartment and neighboring buildings. A large fire also broke out after the attack and was later extinguished by civil defense crews.

Two more Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a vehicle on al-Jiya Street in al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Earlier, a medical source told Anadolu Agency that Saddam Ikrami al-Za’anin, 23, was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital also reported that Mohammed Fawzi al-Jumla, 32, died from serious wounds sustained in an Israeli strike on Gaza City several days earlier.

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In central Gaza, a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Anadolu Agency that a Palestinian was injured by gunfire from Israeli military vehicles east of Deir al-Balah.

Meanwhile, witnesses said Israeli military vehicles and quadcopter drones opened heavy fire toward Palestinian homes in the Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City, while explosive devices were dropped on Al-Sikka Street in the surrounding area.

Separately, sources said the Israeli army carried out a large-scale demolition operation, blowing up homes within areas where its forces are deployed east of Gaza City.

In the central Gaza Strip, witnesses said an incursion by Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers occurred beyond areas under the army’s control east of Deir al-Balah.

Gunfire also struck residents’ homes along Salah al-Din Street east of Deir al-Balah, causing panic among residents. No injuries or fatalities were reported.

Israeli artillery shelling also hit areas northeast of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, while an Israeli drone dropped an explosive device on a tent. No injuries were reported.

Israeli violations of the October 2025 ceasefire have killed at least 1,498 Palestinians and injured 5,306 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Since October 2023, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 175,000 injured in Gaza in the Israeli genocide since October 2023, while around 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

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