Israeli Warplanes Strike Ghaith Camp In Al-Mawasi, Killing Woman And Six-Year-Old Girl

Israeli warplanes struck the Ghaith camp in Al-Mawasi west of Khan Younis, killing a 31-year-old woman and a six-year-old girl and injuring dozens more, according to medical sources cited by Anadolu and TRT World.

“Home News Business Energy Opinion Lifestyle Sports Video Podcast Home News Business Energy Opinion Lifestyle Sports Video Podcast Close the sidebar Home News Middle East Mourners react during the funeral of six-year-old Palestinian girl Mennatallah Abu Libda, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent encampment for displaced families, according to medics, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 25, 2026”

Al Arabiya English

The attack hit a camp sheltering displaced Palestinians, with local sources and eyewitnesses saying several tents inside the densely populated encampment were hit during the strike.

Al Jazeera

Gaza’s Health Ministry figures cited by Palestine Chronicle and Anadolu said Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement have killed 904 Palestinians and injured 2,713 others since the truce took effect in October 2025.

Palestine Chronicle also described the strike as occurring despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect in October 2025, with military activity and deadly incidents continuing across multiple areas of Gaza.

In a separate account of the same day’s violence, TRT World said two Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the Maghazi refugee camp before dawn in central Gaza.

At the funeral of the six-year-old girl Mennatallah Abu Libda, Reuters reported her grandmother, Soheir Abu Libda, saying, "This little girl, a little bird from the birds of paradise, was playing at the door of her home."

Reuters also quoted Khader Abu Libda, a relative of the dead girl, saying, "There is no ceasefire, nothing at all. It’s all just deceiving people, nothing more and nothing less," during the funeral procession.

Al Jazeera

Al Arabiya English, citing Palestinian health officials, said the Israeli airstrike on a tent encampment in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis killed six-year-old Mennatallah Abu Libda and a 31-year-old woman, Hanan Mahmoud, and wounded 17 other people including children.

Al Arabiya English reported that the attack was carried out by two helicopters, while the Israeli military told Reuters it had struck militants in the area but provided no further information.

In the same broader reporting, Al Arabiya English said an October ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump had failed to halt Israeli attacks in Gaza, with Israel and Hamas deadlocked in indirect talks over implementing the second phase of the deal.

Palestine Chronicle said Gaza’s Health Ministry figures put the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement at 904 and the number injured at 2,713 since the truce entered into force.

The same source said more than 72,000 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the war, while over 172,000 others have been injured, and it described damage to civilian infrastructure as approximately 90 percent of civilian infrastructure damaged or destroyed.

Al Jazeera net reported that since the outbreak of the war in October 2023, the educational process has been completely interrupted, and it said the occupation destroyed hundreds of schools while the remaining ones were turned into shelters for the displaced.

Al Jazeera net also stated that displaced Gaza children attend study sessions taught by volunteer teachers in crowded tents in some areas, and it said these temporary classrooms face challenges including bad weather, resource shortages, and existing security risks.

In parallel, TRT Français said Israeli airstrikes targeting police checkpoints in Khan Younis killed three police officers and three civilians, including a little girl, and wounded four others, while also describing ceasefire violations as leaving 691 dead and 1,876 injured as of March 18.