Gaza Genocide12 September, 20263 min read
Israeli Attacks Kill Palestinian, Wound 14 in Central and Northern Gaza, Including Children
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Palestinians killed across central and northern Gaza, including children. Attacks hit residential buildings, a civilian gathering, and a motorcycle in Gaza.
Ceasefire, then strikes
A Palestinian was martyred and 14 others were wounded, including two children, in Israeli attacks that targeted residential buildings and a civilian gathering and a motorcycle in central and northern Gaza Strip, as well as gunfire aimed at displaced people in Khan Younis in the south of the Strip. Al-Jazeera Net said a young man and an elderly man were injured by an Israeli strike that targeted a house belonging to the Abu Hatab family in western Khan Younis after an evacuation warning, and it also said Israeli warplanes destroyed a house belonging to the Abu Dallal family and several buildings in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, displacing more than 60 families. The same report said eyewitnesses were given only 10 minutes to evacuate their homes before an attack that destroyed an entire residential block, and it added that an Israeli raid destroyed a house after evacuating its residents in the Beach Camp west of Gaza City.
In a separate 24-hour account, - IMEMC News reported that Israeli attacks killed at least seven Palestinians, including three children, across the Gaza Strip, and it said the Health Ministry reported seven fatalities comprised five newly killed and two who died from wounds sustained in earlier Israeli attacks. - IMEMC News also said that despite a “ceasefire agreement” that took effect on October 11, 2025, Israeli attacks continued across the Gaza Strip during its latest reporting period, followed by a drone strike west of Khan Younis.
Deaths, testimony, and numbers
Al-Jazeera Net reported that Israeli violations of the ceasefire have so far resulted in the martyrdom of 1,358 Palestinians and injuries to 4,541 others to date, according to the latest data from the Gaza Health Ministry. In the same account, Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz claimed in Slovenia that Israel “does not plan to expel anyone from the Gaza Strip or deport them,” adding, “But we will not force anyone to leave against their will.” Anadolu Ajansi described the killing of Iman Shalouf and her fetus in Khan Younis, saying Ismail Abu Mashi told Anadolu that a bullet struck her in the head while she was inside the tent and that the fetus remained in her mother’s womb for 4 days after her injury before dying.
Anadolu Ajansi also quoted Wadfa Abu Mashi saying, “We found her drenched in blood,” and it said Palestinians held funeral for Shalouf and her fetus on Saturday from the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. WAFA Agency reported that the pregnant Palestinian woman Iman Shalouf and her unborn child died after being shot by Israeli forces south of Khan Younis, and it said that since the ceasefire came into effect on October 11, the death toll has surged to 1,359 with 4,571 Palestinians injured and 831 bodies recovered.
Women-headed households at risk
UN Women data cited by Down To Earth said women now head nearly one in four households in Gaza, doubling the pre-October 2023 rate, and it estimated that 86,290 households are headed by women, including widows and those whose husbands are missing, detained, severely injured or forcibly disappeared. Down To Earth said women-headed households face greater hardship, with higher levels of displacement, shelter loss and safety concerns, and it reported that sixty-eight per cent lack adequate shelter compared with 55 per cent of male-headed households. The same UN Women brief said women heading households have been displaced an average of eight times since October 2023, compared with seven times for male-headed households, and it added that two-thirds of women-headed households urgently need cash assistance for survival.
Down To Earth also reported that despite the October 2025 ceasefire, six women and girls have been killed every week in Gaza, and it said the latest available data showed that 246 women and girls, including 137 women and 109 girls, had been killed between the ceasefire and 28 July 2026. In parallel, - IMEMC News warned that Health Ministry figures showed 1,352 Palestinians had been killed and 4,511 injured since the “ceasefire agreement” took effect on October 11, 2025, and it said some victims remain trapped beneath rubble or in areas that ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach.