Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Three Palestinians, Including Khan Yunis Investigations Director
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Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Three Palestinians, Including Khan Yunis Investigations Director

21 April, 2026.Gaza Genocide.11 sources

Key Takeaways

  • Two Palestinians were killed in a drone strike on a civilian vehicle in Khan Younis.
  • Khan Younis police investigations head was among those killed.
  • Some outlets report three dead, tied to ceasefire violations.

Khan Younis strikes

Israeli drone strikes killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including Wissam Fayez Abdel Hadi, the director of Khan Yunis police investigations, and Sergeant Fadi Abdel Moati Heikal, after an Israeli airstrike targeted a Palestinian vehicle in the al-Amal neighborhood west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

An Israeli drone strike hit a displacement camp tent at the displacement site in Khan Younis, in addition to an early-morning strike on the Bureij refugee camp that hit a group of civilians

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Gaza’s Health Ministry said 851 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire began, and it reported 2,437 wounded and 770 recovery cases involving bodies pulled from beneath the rubble since the October 11 ceasefire agreement took effect.

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In central Gaza, Israeli drones fired two missiles near Makki roundabout in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing another Palestinian and wounding several others, while Israeli artillery carried out heavy shelling targeting eastern areas of al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis.

The attacks were described as continuing despite the ceasefire agreement, with Palestinian officials accusing Israeli occupation forces of repeated violations through drone strikes, artillery shelling, and attacks targeting civilians and infrastructure across the enclave.

Ceasefire violations disputed

TRT World said the killings came on Sunday amid Tel Aviv’s ongoing breaches of a ceasefire agreement in effect since October 2025, and it identified Wissam Fayez Abdel Hadi and Sergeant Fadi Abdul-Maati Heikal as killed after an Israeli air strike on their vehicle in Al-Amal.

The Palestine Chronicle described the same vehicle strike in Khan Younis as part of continued violations of the ceasefire agreement by Israeli occupation forces, and it said medical teams warned that many victims remain trapped beneath rubble and in inaccessible areas.

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In Gaza City, TRT World reported that two fishermen were injured by Israeli naval gunfire while fishing at sea, and it added that Israeli gunboats fired shells and opened heavy machine-gun fire toward the Gaza City coastline.

TRT World also said Israeli forces carried out demolition operations targeting residential buildings and structures within its deployment areas east of Gaza City, with eyewitnesses reporting a large explosion caused by the demolitions.

Casualties and broader toll

The Palestine Chronicle put the cumulative Palestinian death toll since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza on October 7, 2023 at 72,737 killed and 172,539 wounded, and it said emergency and civil defense crews continued facing severe operational limitations.

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TRT World said the agreement was reached after two years of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza that began in October 2023, killing over 72,000 people and wounding more than 172,000, while causing widespread destruction that affected 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure.

WAFA reported that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza had risen to 72,736 with 172,535 injured since the war began on October 7, 2023, and it said the two victims of the Khan Younis drone strike brought the total number of Palestinians killed since early Sunday to three.

Across the same period, the Palestine Chronicle said the ministry reported 770 recovery cases involving bodies pulled from beneath the rubble, underscoring that the sources tied the ongoing toll to continued attacks and difficult rescue conditions.

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