CAIRO, April 26 - Health officials in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli military activity on Sunday resulted in the deaths of at least four Palestinians.
Medics said an airstrike by Israeli forces struck near the central village of Al-Mughraqa, killing one person. In a separate episode, Israeli gunfire and tank shelling in the vicinity of Gaza City killed two others, according to the same health sources. In the south of the territory, health officials said Israeli forces shot and killed a 40-year-old woman in Khan Younis.
The Israeli military stated it was looking into the reported strikes. In a separate statement, the military said it had struck and killed several Hamas militants in Gaza since Friday.
The incidents come amid a pattern of ongoing violence despite a ceasefire agreed in October 2025. Local medics report that at least 800 Palestinians have been killed since that ceasefire deal took effect, while Israel says militants have killed four of its soldiers over the same period. Both Israel and Hamas have accused the other of violations of the ceasefire.
Gaza health authorities report that more than 72,500 Palestinians have been killed since the Gaza war began in October 2023, and they say most of those killed have been civilians. Israeli tallies attribute 1,200 deaths to Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.
Details remain limited to the accounts provided by health officials in Gaza and statements from the Israeli military. The military has not provided immediate confirmation of each specific incident described by medics, and said only that it was reviewing the reported strikes while also reporting its own operations against militants.
The sequence of events reported on Sunday underscores continuing tensions and deadly incidents in Gaza despite the presence of a ceasefire framework. Reporting on fatalities and responsibility for particular strikes remains based on statements from Gaza health officials and the Israeli military as described above.