Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill 5, Including 3 Family Members
Al Jazeera Staff
Israeli airstrikes early this morning across several areas of the Gaza Strip killed at least five Palestinians, including three members of the same family, according to local medical and media sources. Meanwhile, new UN data shows severe food insecurity persists in Gaza.
Israeli airstrikes early this morning (local time) killed at least five Palestinians across several areas of the Gaza Strip, including three members of the same family, according to local medical and media sources.
The first attack occurred when an Israeli drone struck a group of Palestinians north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. At least three members of the Abdeen family were killed, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Their bodies were transferred to the nearby Nasser Medical Complex.
Another attack killed a Palestinian man in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. According to the Wafa news agency, a drone fired a missile at a group of civilians, killing Hassan al-Deiri and injuring several others. His body and the wounded were taken to al-Shifa Hospital.
A third strike hit a tent camp for displaced people in the Mashahra area east of Gaza City, killing one person and wounding others.
On the same day, Israeli forces also conducted an airstrike on the city of Jenin in the West Bank, killing three Palestinians. The Israeli military identified one of them as Qais Bitawi, whom they claimed, without providing evidence, was a Hamas gunman. Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli military also said it had eliminated two Palestinian commanders – one from Hamas and one from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) – in separate attacks in Gaza City.
According to Al Jazeera's correspondent in the enclave, Israeli forces carried out a large-scale demolition operation in areas under their control in southeastern Gaza City throughout Friday.
The latest round of fighting comes despite a US-brokered ceasefire in effect since October 2025, and as the Gaza Strip continues to face severe food insecurity.
New data released Thursday from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) shows that nearly half of those surveyed in Gaza (46%) said they had gone to bed hungry at least once in the past 30 days. Seven percent said they had gone to bed hungry more than 10 times during that period, and half of households said they had completely run out of food at least once.
A food security analysis from August also showed that 21% of surveyed households ate only one meal per day. About 38% had reduced the number of daily meals, while 17% cut adult portions daily to prioritize children.
Three-quarters of surveyed households said they had difficulty accessing markets, with lack of cash and high food prices being the main barriers. Access to food remains severely restricted due to Israeli restrictions on goods entering Gaza. According to the WFP, the average number of trucks crossing the border into Gaza daily since last year's ceasefire is 217 – far below the 600 trucks per day stipulated in the ceasefire agreement.
