Gaza Genocide07 June, 20263 min read
Israeli Drone Strike Kills Four Palestinians, Including Woman, Northwest of Gaza City
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Four Palestinians killed, including a woman, in airstrike northwest of Gaza City. Airstrike targeted a vehicle and civilians.
Drone strike kills four
A drone strike by Israeli forces northwest of Gaza City killed four Palestinians, including a woman, after the missile targeted a civilian vehicle and a group of passing civilians near Al-Buraq School in Al-Nasr neighborhood, according to medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The same report said the four martyrs were killed on Sunday evening as the strike occurred in the context of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which it described as accompanied by continuous targeting of residential areas and gatherings of civilians across the Strip. It also stated that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,971 martyrs and injuries to 173,128 since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023.
In a separate framing, the WAFA Agency reported that Israeli colonists stole a horse from the village of Jorat Al-Sham'a south of Bethlehem, citing Ali Salim, head of the Jorat Al-Sham'a Village Council, while the Gaza strike report focused on the deaths near Al-Buraq School. The Gaza strike report added that the missile attack was carried out by an Israeli drone, and it tied the incident to continuing military operations and worsening humanitarian and health conditions.
Accountability and competing tolls
The Gaza strike report said the four martyrs, including a woman, were killed after an Israeli drone targeted a civilian vehicle and nearby civilians near Al-Buraq School, while it described the broader campaign as continuous targeting of residential areas and gatherings of civilians across the Strip. WAFA’s Gaza-related item in its roundup listed “Four Palestinians, including a woman, killed in Israeli drone strike northwest of Gaza City,” placing the same death toll figure alongside other incidents in its news feed. The WAFA roundup also stated that “Lebanon says death toll from Israeli war rises to 3,613, injuries reach 11,072,” linking the Gaza incident to a wider regional tally in the same publication.
In a different context of detention and threats, WAFA said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates held the Israeli occupation government responsible for the life of prisoner Marwan Barghouti and all prisoners, condemning an assault on the isolation units of Rimon Prison by extremist minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. The same WAFA statement described the attack as “organized state terrorism,” and said it would follow the threat with the utmost seriousness before the International Committee of the Red Cross and the international community.
What comes next
The Gaza strike report said the attack came as part of ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, with continuous targeting of residential areas and gatherings of civilians across the Strip, and it cited worsening humanitarian and health conditions. It also reported that earlier medical sources announced the death toll had risen to 72,971 martyrs and injuries to 173,128 since October 7, 2023, framing the incident within a long-running escalation. In the same broader news stream, WAFA’s roundup included claims about Israeli actions in other locations, including that Israel’s Netanyahu said Israeli forces were seeking control of 70% of Gaza amid expansion of military buffer zones.
Separately, the horse-theft reports around Bethlehem described settlers under protection of Israeli forces storming the village of Joura al-Shama'a, stationing themselves at its main entrance, and stealing a horse belonging to Mustafa Hamad. WAFA quoted Ali Salim saying colonists, under the protection of Israeli forces, entered the village and positioned themselves at its main entrance before stealing the horse, while also saying colonists intensified attacks by pursuing and harassing farmers, restricting access to agricultural lands, and seizing construction materials.