Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say

Middle East correspondent, Reporting fromJerusalem. 1 November 2026, 16: 25 GMT.

Key points

• Since then, 1, 580 individuals have been killed, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.
• Since the war began, 74, 594 individuals have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's health ministry.
• Outside Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, video indicated a crowd of men gathered to pray next to two body bags and the tiny body of the child.
• A ceasefire came into force in Gaza in October last year, but Israeli air strikes have continued almost every day.
• At Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, women despaired as body bags lay on the floor, video indicated.

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least eight individuals, including a child, according to hospitals, despite a year-old ceasefire.

In Gaza City to the north, hospital authorities stated a missile attack hit a group of civilians next to Cairo School in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, killing three individuals, including a four-year-old boy.

As they were carrying out their routine duties, in the southern city of Khan Younis, the Hamas-run ministry of interior remarked a drone attack targeted a group of police officers in the Al-Mawasi area, killing five.

For context, the Israeli military remarked it had carried out two attacks on what it described as military operatives but has not yet provided evidence or further information.

Outside Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, video indicated a crowd of men gathered to pray next to two body bags and the tiny body of the child. It was wrapped in a white towel.

"My son and his child were martyred. They were sitting in their tent, bothering no one, and nothing else was happening in the area when suddenly, a missile struck them, and they were martyred, " Ali Oweis informed AFP news agency. "There is no ceasefire; the war is ongoing — don't you see?"

At Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, women despaired as body bags lay on the floor, video indicated. The interior ministry named the five police officers killed. This person were between the ages of 23 and 53, and called the attack a "horrific massacre".

For context, a ceasefire came into force in Gaza in October last year, but Israeli air strikes have continued almost every day.

Since then, 1, 580 individuals have been killed, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN. Israel notes it is targeting Hamas, but often civilians are additionally killed.

Meanwhile, a peace plan for Gaza, brokered by the Trump administration, has stalled.

When concerning 1, 200 individuals were killed and 251 taken hostage, the ceasefire saw thousands of Palestinians held by Israel published in return for all of the 48 remaining hostages held in Gaza, and an agreement to end the war – which was triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.

Since the war began, 74, 594 individuals have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's health ministry. Extra reporting by Jacob Phillips.

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