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MapIsraeli Airstrikes Hit Islamic University in Gaza City, Killing Three and Injuring Students
“three people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Islamic University Campus in northern Gaza City.”
“The Israeli military tells The Times of Israel that the strike targeted terror operatives,”
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Three people were killed at the Islamic University in Gaza City during airstrikes. Students and staff were wounded in the two campus strikes.
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University Strikes, Gaza City
Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic University in Gaza City, killing three Palestinians and injuring others, most of them students, with the university announcing the suspension of administrative and academic work at its Gaza City campus. Hamas said the raids on the Islamic University campus while students were present, which resulted in the martyrdom of three university staff and injuries to others, constitute a "war crime" and an extension of the ongoing genocide war for more than three years. Civil Defense spokesman in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, said his crews recovered the bodies of seven people killed in Israeli attacks that targeted the northern, central, and southern parts of the enclave.
The Israeli army told The Times of Israel that it had targeted what it described as “terrorist elements,” and it said it would provide further details later. The BBC reported that the Islamic University of Gaza City witnessed two separate airstrikes within a few hours, killing three of its workers and injuring several students, some seriously.
Hamas Condemns, Israel Verifies
Hamas urged mediators to "assume their responsibilities, intervene immediately, and pressure Israel to stop its ongoing crimes against civilians" after the Islamic University strikes. The BBC said the Israeli army told The Times of Israel that it had targeted what it described as “terrorist elements,” adding that it would provide further details later. The Times of Israel reported that Shifa Hospital in Gaza City received three bodies and treated eight people who were wounded in the strike, and it said two sources at the Islamic University said those killed were administrative staff and the injured were students.
RFI said the Israeli army told AFP it was verifying the information after an attack on a university in the city of Gaza killed three people this Sunday, according to center staff and a local hospital. Al Jazeera said the university announced the suspension of administrative and academic work at its Gaza City campus today due to the Israeli bombardment.
Ceasefire Violations and Education
The BBC said the ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups went into effect on October 10, 2025, with American, Egyptian, and Qatari mediation, but it added that airstrikes and gunfire have not stopped completely in the Gaza Strip. Anadolu Ajansı said Israeli violations of the Gaza ceasefire up to Sunday have killed 1,551 Palestinians and injured 5,573 others, according to the latest figures from the Health Ministry in the enclave. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the Gaza Strip said the Israeli army killed 10 schoolchildren and a teacher during the period from October 18 to 24, 2024, and it called on the international community to stop ongoing violations against children and students.
The Palestine Center for Information quoted Professor Mohammed Mehran, an international law expert, saying targeting students inside the university premises constitutes a war crime under international humanitarian law. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mourned Ashraf Dahlan, Shadi Abu Attaya, and Sami Baroud, and it said targeting the university is part of the systematic Israeli targeting of educational institutions and the components that sustain them.