Wednesday 21 Oct 2026
Israeli strikes kill children, married couple as Gaza ceasefire violations continue. (Photo/AA)
At least seven Palestinians, including two children and a married couple, have been killed and 10 others wounded in Israeli military attacks across Gaza, marking the latest breaches of an agreed ceasefire.
In central Gaza, an Israeli strike near the al-Sawarha cemetery west of Nuseirat refugee camp killed one Palestinian and wounded another, whilst Israeli gunfire killed a child in the Wadi Gaza area, medical sources confirmed to Anadolu Agency.
In northern Gaza, another victim succumbed to injuries sustained during an Israeli drone attack on the al-Qusais area of Jabalia refugee camp.
A further fatality was reported in the Zeitoun neighbourhood southeast of Gaza City.
In western Gaza City, an Israeli attack helicopter launched a missile at a residential home near Al-Shifa Hospital, killing a married couple and wounding four others, including three women.
The strike triggered a fire that civil defence teams later extinguished.
Widespread shelling
Casualties were also reported across southern Gaza, where Israeli gunfire killed a child in Qizan Abu Rashwan south of Khan Younis.
Five others, including a woman and two children, sustained wounds from military gunfire in Hamad City and southern districts.
Throughout the night, Israeli tanks and quadcopter drones fired upon residential houses and displacement tents in eastern Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood, accompanied by heavy artillery shelling.
Witnesses reported massive explosions as Israeli forces conducted demolitions of civilian structures within areas under their control east of Khan Younis.
Concurrently, naval gunboats shelled the northern coastline of Gaza City, whilst armoured vehicles fired on the northwestern Sudaniya area.
According to Gaza's Health Ministry, Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement have killed 1,522 Palestinians and wounded 5,421 others since October 10, 2025.
Since October 2023, the Israeli genocidal war has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded upwards of 175,000, leaving roughly 90 percent of the enclave's civilian infrastructure damaged or destroyed.
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Source: TRT
