Israeli Strikes Kill Three Palestinians in Gaza City and Khan Younis as Ceasefire Violations Mount

Israeli attacks in Gaza continued even as ceasefire violations mounted, with multiple outlets describing fresh strikes that killed Palestinians and injured others across the enclave.

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Muslim Network TV said Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and injured at least 10 others in “fresh attacks across the Gaza Strip,” describing fatalities after an Israeli airstrike hit “a civilian animal-drawn cart near the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City’s Zeitoun district.”

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Anadolu Ajansı similarly reported “Three Palestinians were killed and 10 injured” in new Israeli attacks on Thursday, again tying the deaths to “an Israeli airstrike targeting an animal-drawn cart near the Kuwait Roundabout in the Zeitoun neighborhood.”

TRT World added that Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli strike killed three people in Khan Younis, with spokesman Mahmoud Bassal saying, “Three people were killed as a result of an Israeli strike at midnight in the vicinity of the Al-Zaqzouq junction in Al-Amal neighbourhood, northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.”

The same cluster of reporting placed additional injuries in areas including Shujaiya, Deir al-Balah, and near Rafah, with Muslim Network TV describing “a quadcopter drone strike in the Shujaiya neighborhood” and “another drone targeted civilians near a hospital in Deir al-Balah.”

Muslim Network TV also said “a fisherman was shot and wounded by Israeli naval fire off the coast of Rafah,” while Anadolu Ajansı reported the fisherman was wounded by Israeli naval fire “off the northwestern coast of Rafah.”

In central Gaza, both outlets described artillery shelling near the Bureij refugee camp, with Muslim Network TV saying witnesses reported “artillery shelling near the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza,” and Anadolu Ajansı reporting shelling “northeast of the Bureij refugee camp” with “no injuries reported.”

Beyond the immediate casualties, Gaza’s Government Media Office and Gaza’s Health Ministry figures were central to how outlets described the ceasefire’s erosion and the humanitarian squeeze.

Muslim Network TV said Gaza’s Government Media Office stated that “Israel has committed 377 violations of the truce in April alone, resulting in 111 deaths and 376 injuries,” and it linked those violations to restrictions on aid delivery.

Al Jazeera

The same outlet said the office accused Israel of “deliberately restricting humanitarian access,” adding that “only about a quarter of the agreed aid deliveries have entered the territory,” and it quoted, “Out of 18,000 aid trucks stipulated under the ceasefire, only 4,503 were allowed in.”

Anadolu Ajansı echoed the same aid arithmetic, reporting, “Only 4,503 aid trucks entered Gaza out of the 18,000 stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, representing no more than 25%,” and it tied the April toll to “377 violations of the ceasefire agreement during April, resulting in the killing of 111 Palestinians and the injury of 376 others.”

Anadolu Ajansı also provided a longer timeline for the ceasefire period, saying the Health Ministry reported “at least 824 Palestinians have been killed and 2,316 others injured by Israeli fire since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, 2025.”

Muslim Network TV similarly described the ceasefire timeline, stating, “Since the ceasefire came into effect in October 2025, at least 824 Palestinians have been killed and over 2,300 wounded by Israeli fire.”

For overall war totals, Muslim Network TV said the Health Ministry reported “the overall death toll since October 2023 has reached 72,601, with more than 172,000 people injured,” while Anadolu Ajansı reported “the death toll from Israeli attacks since October 2023 has reached 72,601, while 172,419 others have been injured.”

TRT World offered a different cumulative framing, saying Gaza’s Government Media Office stated Israel had committed “2,400 violations of the ceasefire agreement” and that those violations had “killed more than 770 Palestinians and injured 2,171 others,” according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

As the ceasefire remained in place and violence continued, Al Jazeera and Haaretz focused on a separate but related dispute: whether foreign journalists could enter Gaza independently to report.

Al Jazeera said a joint letter by “the executives of the world’s top media organisations” called on Israel “to allow foreign journalists to enter and report from Gaza independently,” quoting the editors’ argument that “Being on the ground is essential.”

The outlet listed top editors from “more than two dozen media companies, including the BBC, CNN, Reuters and The Associated Press,” and it included the letter’s demand: “Let us into Gaza,” alongside the assertion that “Freedom of the press is a basic value in any open society.”

Al Jazeera also said “The Israeli government has so far not responded to their request to discuss the situation,” and it described the ban as being in place “since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023.”

Haaretz reported that “The leaders of major media companies around the world, including The Associated Press, are calling on Israel's government to lift a ban keeping foreign journalists from being able to independently enter and report from Gaza,” describing the barrier as “been in place since the war's start in 2023 and continues even as a cease-fire has been in place for more than six months.”

Al Jazeera added that Israel initially said the ban was necessary because “foreign journalists allowed into Gaza could give away the positions of Israeli soldiers on the ground and endanger them,” and it noted that “The army has occasionally brought foreign reporters in on highly controlled trips.”

Al Jazeera further said the Foreign Press Association filed a petition in 2024 for independent access to Gaza to the Israeli Supreme Court “but has yet to receive a verdict.”

In parallel, the Al-Youm News Agency report described a campaign with the slogan “let us in,” saying the petition was “already signed by more than a hundred journalists” and urging Israel’s Supreme Court to overturn the ban.

While international media leaders pressed for access, multiple reports described deaths of journalists inside Gaza during the ceasefire period, underscoring the risks faced by local and foreign-linked media workers.

Ouest-France reported that on “Wednesday, January 21, 2026,” the Civil Defense of the Gaza Strip announced the death of “three journalists, including a freelancer who had worked for Agence France-Presse (AFP), in an Israeli strike carried out in the central part of the Palestinian territory, despite the ceasefire.”

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It said the strike took place “in the al-Zahra area,” and that “the bodies of the three journalists were transferred to the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah,” citing a Civil Defense statement.

Ouest-France identified the journalists as “Anas Ghneim, Mohammed Salah Qashta, and Abdoul Raouf Shaath,” and it quoted AFP’s position that “Too many local journalists have been killed in Gaza over the past two years, while free access for foreign journalists remains impossible,” as AFP demanded “a full and transparent investigation.”

TF1 Info similarly said “Three journalists were killed in an Israeli strike on Wednesday in the center of the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defense,” and it identified Abdoul Raouf Shaath as “a 34-year-old independent photojournalist” who had been “regularly collaborating with AFP since February 2024.”

TF1 Info described the Israeli military’s explanation, saying the army “says it struck three 'suspects' operating a drone,” and it quoted the army’s rationale that “Because of the threat the drone posed to the troops, the forces precisely struck the suspects who had activated it.”

The same TF1 Info report included a witness account relayed to AFP, stating the journalists were “using a drone to film a humanitarian aid distribution run by an Egyptian aid organization when a vehicle accompanying them was targeted by an airstrike.”

Ouest-France added that the Israeli army told AFP it was “referring to the deaths of the three journalists,” and it said the Israeli army was “examining this information” when questioned by AFP.

The continuing cycle of strikes, aid restrictions, and media access disputes shaped what outlets described as the immediate stakes for Gaza’s population and for international scrutiny.

“3 Palestinians killed, 10 injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza as ceasefire violations continue Gaza authorities report 377 ceasefire violations in April, limited aid entry Mohamed Majed and Ramzi Mahmud 30 April 2026•Update: 30 April 2026 GAZA CITY , Palestine Three Palestinians were killed and 10 injured Thursday in new Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, as Israel continued daily violations of a ceasefire in place since last October, according to medical sources”

Anadolu Ajansı

Muslim Network TV said the ceasefire violations continued “amid total impunity for Israel,” and it described a humanitarian access shortfall tied to aid deliveries, quoting that “only about a quarter of the agreed aid deliveries have entered the territory.”

Anadolu Ajansı

It also said the Gaza Government Media Office claimed that “Out of 18,000 aid trucks stipulated under the ceasefire, only 4,503 were allowed in,” while also reporting that the Health Ministry said the overall death toll since October 2023 had reached “72,601” with “more than 172,000 people injured.”

Anadolu Ajansı similarly framed the aid pipeline as part of the ceasefire’s breakdown, stating that the Government Media Office said “Only 4,503 aid trucks entered Gaza out of the 18,000 stipulated in the ceasefire agreement,” and it reiterated the Health Ministry’s death and injury totals.

TRT World added that Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel had committed “2,400 violations of the ceasefire agreement,” and it said those violations had “killed more than 770 Palestinians and injured 2,171 others,” according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

In the media sphere, Al Jazeera’s reporting said the Israeli government had not responded to the joint letter’s request, and it pointed to the Foreign Press Association’s petition filed in 2024 that “has yet to receive a verdict.”

Haaretz’s account similarly emphasized that major media companies were calling for Israel to lift the ban, describing it as continuing “even as a cease-fire has been in place for more than six months.”

Al-Youm News Agency’s report on the “let us in” campaign said the petition was “already signed by more than a hundred journalists,” and it argued that “Our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza have been reporting for more than two years under impossible conditions, but they should not have to bear this burden alone.”