Israeli drone fire kills Palestinian in northwestern Gaza despite ceasefire

Another Palestinian dies of wounds from Thursday strike; 4 others, including woman and girl, injured in Israeli airstrike on residential building

Ramzi Mahmud, Lina Altawell

16 October 2026•Update: 16 October 2026

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A Palestinian was killed by Israeli drone fire in northwestern Gaza City on Friday, while another died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike Thursday and four others were injured in an airstrike on a residential building.

The incidents came amid continued Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct. 10, 2025.

A medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital told Anadolu that a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli army fire in northwestern Gaza City.

Local sources told Anadolu that an Israeli quadcopter drone opened fire on Palestinians in the Al-Tawam area northwest of Gaza City, killing the man after he was shot in the head.

Separately, a medical source told Anadolu on Friday morning that a young man died of serious wounds sustained when an Israeli drone struck a gathering of civilians in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City on Thursday evening.

Four Palestinians, including a woman and a girl, were also injured early Friday when an Israeli helicopter struck a residential building in the Bahloul Junction area in northern Gaza City, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.

Israeli violations of the ceasefire had killed 1,505 Palestinians and injured 5,332 others as of Thursday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Since October 2023, Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and injured over 175,000 others, according to Palestinian figures, while also destroying about 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure.

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