4 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Published : 16 Jun 2026, 02:44
Four Palestinians, including a nurse and his son, were killed on Monday in Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources, reported Xinhua.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that the nurse, Mohammed Al-Habil, and his son were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment in northern Gaza City.
In another attack, a Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a tent used for sewing clothes in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Bassal.
Another woman was killed after an Israeli drone targeted a group of civilians in the town of Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip, Bassal added.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on these incidents.
Gaza-based health authorities said in a press statement on Monday that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received seven bodies and six wounded in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll since the ceasefire was declared on October 10, 2025, to 992, with 3,144 others wounded.
The authorities added that the total number of deaths since October 7, 2023 has reached 73,003, while the number of wounded has climbed to 173,252.
