Tuesday, May 26th 2026
Three more Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip, bringing Tuesday’s death toll to nine, on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr and amid continued violations of an existing ceasefire, medical sources said, Anadolu reports.
The attacks targeted a residential building containing shops, the roof of another residential building in the city’s busiest commercial area. Gaza, a civilian vehicle and a crowd of civilians in central and southern Gaza.
In the latest attack, three Palestinians, including a woman, were killed and 20 others wounded after Israeli warplanes hit a residential building in the southern Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, the sources said.
Witnesses said the building was located in one of the most congested commercial areas of Gaza City. Gaza on the eve of Eid al-Adha.
They added that Israeli planes fired several rockets at the building, causing extensive destruction in the area.
Five more Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli attack that targeted the roof of a residential building in the Rimal neighborhood, according to the sources.
Earlier, two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded in an attack on targeted a civilian vehicle west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
A medical source said the bodies of two victims arrived at the Nasser Medical Complex with severe burns and could not be immediately identified.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone hit a Hyundai Tucson civilian vehicle near the Abu Alaa roundabout in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.
Before that, four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack. that hit a crowd of civilians east of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Medical sources said the bodies of four victims and several wounded were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah after the attack.
At dawn, a Palestinian woman was wounded by Israeli army fire after IDPs’ tents were hit in the Turkish slaughterhouse area of Khan Younis, according to a the medical source at Nasser Hospital.
The same source later announced the death of a 14-year-old girl from injuries sustained in an Israeli attack on Monday that targeted the tents of displaced persons in the Ghaith camp in Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis.
That attack had earlier killed two Palestinian women, including a child, and injured 30 others, mostly children and women.
Witnesses also said Israeli naval vessels opened fire toward the Rafah and Khan Younis coasts with no immediate reports of injuries.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement since last October have killed 906 Palestinians and injured 2,747 others as of Tuesday.
Israel has killed more than 72,000 people and injured over 172,000 in two years of fierce offensive since October 2023, which has also caused widespread destruction affecting 90 percent of civilian infrastructure.
Source: prizrenpost
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