Gaza Israeli fire kills seven, rescuers say

Gaza civil defence said Israeli strikes and army fire killed seven people in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, including a 13-year-old boy, while the Israeli military said it had targeted “military operatives”.

The rescue agency, which operates under Hamas authority, said an Israeli raid in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City killed two people, including the teenager. It said three other people were killed in an Israeli strike on what it described as a blacksmith's workshop elsewhere in the city, and a sixth person was killed in a strike on a tent sheltering displaced people.

In southern Gaza, the agency said a seventh Palestinian was killed by Israeli army fire near Khan Younis. Hospitals that received the victims' bodies confirmed the reports.

The Israeli military said it had “struck military operatives in several areas” and gave no further details.

Israel and Hamas have accused each other of violating the ceasefire that took effect on October 10, 2025, after two years of war triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Gaza's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations, says more than 1,590 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire. The Israeli military has reported seven soldiers and one civilian contractor killed in the same period.