Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say — SkimNews
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- Gaza City hospital officials said a missile struck a group of civilians next to Cairo School in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, killing three people, including a four-year-old boy.
- Hamas-run interior ministry said a drone attack targeted police officers carrying out routine duties in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, killing five officers aged 23 to 53, and called it a "horrific massacre."
- Israeli military said it carried out two attacks on what it described as military operatives but has not provided evidence or further information about the strikes.
- Gaza's health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN, says 1,580 people have been killed since the ceasefire came into force in October last year, with Israeli airstrikes continuing almost every day; the overall war death toll stands at 74,594.
- Trump administration-brokered peace plan for Gaza has stalled, even though the ceasefire saw thousands of Palestinians held by Israel released in return for all 48 remaining hostages held in Gaza.
- Ali Oweis, whose son and grandson were killed in the Al-Rimal strike, said: "There is no ceasefire; the war is ongoing — don't you see?"
Why it matters: The casualty split matters for the two sides' competing claims: the Israeli military says it struck military operatives, but the dead include three civilians near Cairo School and five police officers in Khan Younis, and 1,580 have been killed since the ceasefire began in October, with the Trump administration's peace plan stalled.
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