Gaza strikes kill children and aid worker as hospital courtyard hit during week of attacks

Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza killed children, an aid worker and other civilians over the course of a week, according to the supplied report, which also says a hospital courtyard was hit in northern Gaza. The incidents described took place between 8 and 12 July and were spread across al-Mawasi, Gaza City, the Nuseirat area and the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital. The report presents the violence as part of a continuing pattern of attacks during the war in Gaza.

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According to Palestinian health officials cited in the row, at least eight people were killed in strikes on 8 July, including a 10-year-old child in a tent in al-Mawasi and a six-year-old in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood. The following day, a World Central Kitchen driver, Ahmad Nasser Saleem, was shot dead while transporting coordinated aid from the Karem Abu Salem crossing, with the report saying he had his hands raised when he was killed. On 12 July, medical sources cited by Wafa said nine-year-old Tala Jumaa Abu Matar was killed by Israeli fire near the Nuseirat refugee camp.

The report also says an Israeli drone struck the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital on 10 July, wounding staff despite the facility being inside the Israeli-controlled green zone. Gaza's Ministry of Health described the strike as part of what it called the systematic targeting of health facilities. The same row says tents sheltering displaced people in al-Mawasi were struck throughout the week, adding to the pressure on civilians already living in temporary accommodation.

The incidents matter because they involve children, aid workers and medical facilities, all of which are central to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The report says the death toll since the October ceasefire had reached at least 1,108, underscoring that lethal violence has continued despite repeated claims of de-escalation. It also places the strikes against a backdrop of severe shortages, with the UN's humanitarian office saying basic supplies remained scarce and that food distributions were not meeting minimum caloric needs.

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The row links the battlefield toll to wider disputes over access and aid delivery. It says COGAT, the Israeli military body coordinating aid, released a report claiming humanitarian supplies had entered Gaza in quantities that significantly exceeded UN-identified needs. The same report says COGAT's chief, Major-General Yoram Halevy, accused critics of amplifying Hamas propaganda, while the UN's own figures pointed to limited offloading of aid cargo and the suspension of some nutrition support to preserve emergency stocks.

The hospital strike is also significant because Kamal Adwan Hospital has repeatedly featured in reporting on the war in northern Gaza. In the supplied material, the facility is described as being inside the Israeli-controlled green zone, which makes the drone strike on its courtyard notable in operational terms. The report frames the attack as part of a broader pattern of pressure on health services, displacement sites and aid routes.

The wider context in the row is a war that began in October 2023 and has produced very high civilian casualties, according to the figures cited there. It says the cumulative death toll had reached 73,231, with 173,686 wounded, though those figures are presented in the source material as part of the broader conflict tally rather than the week's specific incidents. The report also notes that strikes on tents in al-Mawasi continued through the week, suggesting that areas described as humanitarian shelters remain exposed.

What remains unclear from the supplied material is whether any of the individual incidents were independently verified beyond the cited health and medical sources, and whether there were military comments on each strike. It is also not clear from the row how many of the wounded at Kamal Adwan Hospital were staff and whether the aid worker killing was investigated separately. The main developments to watch are whether there are further casualty updates, any official response to the hospital strike, and whether aid access or protection measures change after the latest attacks.