Israeli Strikes Kill At Least Eight Palestinians in Gaza, Including Three Children

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least eight Palestinians, including three children, according to medics and first responders cited by the BBC.

“Israeli forces have killed 12 Palestinians in attacks throughout Gaza, medical sources in the enclave tell Al Jazeera, as Israel continues its daily violations of the ceasefire struck last year”

Al Jazeera

The BBC said five people died when an Israeli drone struck a group near a mosque in the northern town of Beit Lahia on Wednesday evening, naming Abdullah al-Abed, 9, Salah al-Abed, 12, Mohammed Balousha, 14, Alaa Balousha, 46, and Anas Abu Foul, 19.

Al Jazeera

The BBC reported that the Israeli military said it targeted what it called "a terrorist" who had approached troops in the area of the Yellow Line, which marks territory held by Israeli forces, and posed an immediate threat.

On Thursday morning, the BBC said the families of the three boys grieved as their shrouded bodies were lined up outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

Later on Thursday, the BBC reported that another three men were killed when Israeli shellfire hit a car in the central Maghazi area, and that Hamas-run Civil Defence said one of its first responders, Hazem al-Aidi, was among the dead.

The BBC also described a fragile ceasefire in Gaza since last October, while the Hamas-run health ministry said at least 792 Palestinians had been killed and 2,200 injured in Israeli attacks since it came into force.

The BBC further said the Gaza war was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, when about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage, and that Israel responded with a military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.

The BBC said that during that campaign more than 72,560 people have been killed, according to the territory's health ministry.

Multiple outlets described continued attacks across Gaza that they framed as violations of a ceasefire in place since October 2025.

Yeni Safak English reported that at least 13 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza on Friday, including a woman, her two children, and six police officers, and it said the attacks violated a ceasefire in place since October 2025.

BBC

It said Gaza’s Interior Ministry condemned the “continued silence” of international organizations over the targeting of civilian police personnel, and it described eight deaths in Khan Younis when an Israeli strike hit a police vehicle.

Yeni Safak English also said that in northern Gaza, medical sources told Anadolu that a woman and her two children were killed and six others injured in an Israeli strike targeting homes near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.

It added that earlier, two Palestinian police officers were killed and two wounded in a strike on a police patrol near the Sheikh Radwan police station in Gaza City.

Al Jazeera similarly said Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in attacks throughout Gaza amid “ceasefire,” and it described an Israeli attack on a police vehicle in Khan Younis that killed at least eight people, including three civilian bystanders.

Al Jazeera also said a separate attack in Gaza City killed two police officers, and it reported two other deaths from the bombing of a house in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.

In a statement quoted by Al Jazeera, Gaza’s Ministry of Interior called on the international community to intervene and end the Israeli targeting of local police forces, saying “The continued silence of international organisations … regarding the targeting of civilian police officers constitutes complicity with the Israeli occupation, encouraging it to commit further crimes against a civilian institution protected under international law,” and it added, “There is absolutely no justification for targeting it or killing its personnel.”

The BBC and Al Jazeera both tied the day’s deaths to a broader tally of casualties since the ceasefire and since the war began, but they used different figures and different time anchors.

“At least 11 Palestinians were killed Friday and several others were injured in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, including an attack on a police vehicle in Khan Younis, in what authorities said were ongoing violations of a cease-fire in place since October 2025”

Daily Sabah

The BBC said the Hamas-run health ministry in the territory says at least 792 Palestinians have been killed and 2,200 injured in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire came into force, and it said the Israeli military says four of its soldiers have been killed in attacks by Palestinian armed groups over the same period.

Al Jazeera, by contrast, said Israel has nevertheless continued its attacks on the territory, killing at least 984 people and injuring 2,235 others since the truce was announced, and it added that the overall death toll in the war has surpassed 72,500 with more than 172,000 others injured.

Al Jazeera also said “Thousands of missing people are believed to be dead and buried under the destroyed buildings,” and it described the scale of destruction by saying the Israeli assault also turned most of Gaza’s structures into piles of rubble.

The BBC included a personal account from Amna al-Abed, mother of Abdullah and Salah, who said, "I woke up to the sound of heavy shelling and rushed out. I looked around but couldn't find my children beside me," and she added, "I rushed outside and found them lying on the ground, martyred. My husband was there with them, wounded."

The BBC also quoted a relative of Mohammed saying, "There is no ceasefire, no truce, nothing at all... There is no safety in any area."

Al Jazeera reported that a ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump came into effect in October of last year, and it said that decreased the intensity of the Israeli bombardment, while also stating that reconstruction in the territory has not begun.

It further said an international security force envisioned by the agreement has not been formed, and it described Trump convening his so-called Board of Peace in February to govern Gaza through a council of Palestinian technocrats, while noting it is not clear when or how these forces will take over government agencies in the territory.

While the outlets described the same general pattern of attacks across Gaza, they diverged on the number of Palestinians killed and on how the ceasefire was characterized, producing competing narratives about the same day’s violence.

The BBC described two Israeli strikes that killed at least eight Palestinians, including three children, and it said five died in Beit Lahia when an Israeli drone struck a group near a mosque, while three men died later when shellfire hit a car in Maghazi.

Middle East Monitor

Al Jazeera, covering Friday, said Israeli forces killed 12 Palestinians in attacks throughout Gaza and described an Israeli attack on a police vehicle in Khan Younis that killed at least eight people, including three civilian bystanders, plus two police officers killed in Gaza City and two people killed in a bombing of a house in Beit Lahiya.

Yeni Safak English reported at least 13 Palestinians killed on Friday, including a woman, her two children, and six police officers, and it said eight people were killed in Khan Younis when a strike hit a police vehicle.

Daily Sabah reported 11 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza Strip, saying seven people, including two officers, two police assistants and three civilians, were killed when a strike hit a police vehicle in Khan Younis, and it said a woman and a child were killed near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.

Palestine Chronicle, in a separate account, said Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and injured several others on Friday, describing five killed in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis after an Israeli drone strike targeted a police vehicle and two Palestinians from the Al-Tanani family killed near Kamal Adwan Hospital.

These differences were not limited to casualty counts; they also extended to how the ceasefire was framed, with Yeni Safak English and Daily Sabah describing “ongoing violations of a cease-fire in place since October 2025,” while Al Jazeera used the language “amid ‘ceasefire’” and said Israel continued its daily violations of the ceasefire struck last year.

In the political reaction layer, Al Jazeera quoted Hamas on Friday calling the deadly attacks in Gaza part of the Israeli government’s “unprecedented bloody, fascist approach,” while the BBC reported that a Hamas spokesman condemned what he described as "the horrific massacre" and accused Israel of undermining efforts to implement their ceasefire agreement.

The sources also described what they said would follow the latest cycle of violence, linking immediate calls for intervention to longer-running disputes over ceasefire implementation and oversight.

“ByPalestine Chronicle Staff Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and injured several others on Friday in a series of strikes targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources”

Palestine Chronicle

Gaza’s Ministry of Interior, as quoted by Al Jazeera, called on the international community on Friday to intervene and end the Israeli targeting of local police forces working to restore security in civilian areas, and it said “We emphasise that the police force provides services to citizens in the Gaza Strip across various aspects of daily life.”

Yeni Safak English

It added, “There is absolutely no justification for targeting it or killing its personnel,” and it characterized the targeting as encouraging further crimes against a civilian institution protected under international law.

Al Jazeera also said Hamas on Friday called the deadly attacks in Gaza part of the Israeli government’s “unprecedented bloody, fascist approach,” and it described the escalation as a “clear failure of the role of the mediators and guarantors [of the ceasefire] and the international community to quell the barbaric Zionist killing machine.”

In the broader ceasefire architecture, Al Jazeera said a ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump came into effect in October of last year, and it said Trump has struggled to implement the 12-point plan on which the truce was based.

Al Jazeera further said reconstruction in the territory has not begun and that an international security force envisioned by the agreement has not been formed, while noting that in February Trump convened his so-called Board of Peace to govern Gaza through a council of Palestinian technocrats.

The BBC, meanwhile, described the ceasefire as fragile at best and said the Hamas-run health ministry says at least 792 Palestinians have been killed and 2,200 injured in Israeli attacks since it came into force, while the Israeli military says four of its soldiers have been killed in attacks by Palestinian armed groups over the same period.

Together, the accounts portray a continuing dispute over whether ceasefire obligations are being met, with Gaza’s Interior Ministry and Hamas pressing for intervention and accountability while Israel’s military response in the BBC account included checking reports after strikes.