Child among three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza displaced camp
Three Palestinians, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. Medical sources and first responders said the strike hit a site sheltering displaced families, adding to the civilian toll in the territory. A hospital in Khan Yunis confirmed the deaths and said several other wounded people, including a child and a woman, were brought in for treatment.
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Civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said 11 people had been killed and 50 wounded by Israeli fire and airstrikes across Gaza in the previous 24 hours. He said rescuers transported three bodies from the Al-Mawasi camp after what he described as a direct strike. The hospital identified the dead as Hossam al-Zamli, Tamer Abu Sneima and Jouri al-Soufi, and said the girl was seven years old according to the Gaza education ministry.
Israel's military said it was looking into reports of the strike. The reported attack took place in an area that has repeatedly been used to shelter people displaced by the war. Al-Mawasi, on Gaza's southern coast, has become one of the places where families have gathered after being forced from other parts of the enclave.
The latest deaths come as the conflict continues to exact a heavy civilian cost, with local health authorities and civil defence teams reporting ongoing casualties from airstrikes and ground fire. The incident also comes against the backdrop of military movement in central Gaza. A security source in Gaza said several tanks and military vehicles, accompanied by a bulldozer, advanced into the area west of the Yellow Line in eastern Deir al-Balah on Monday morning.
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The source said the advance was accompanied by heavy gunfire toward eastern and northern parts of the city, which is home to hundreds of displaced families. The Yellow Line was established after a US-brokered ceasefire in October 2025 to separate areas under Israeli control from those under Hamas control. The broader war began on 7 October 2023 after an attack by Hamas on southern Israel that killed 1,221 people, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Israel then launched a large military campaign in Gaza, which has caused widespread destruction and mass displacement. Since the ceasefire began last year, more than 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's health ministry. What remains unclear is the exact target of the Al-Mawasi strike and whether the military advance in Deir al-Balah was linked to the same operation.
The Israeli military has said it is examining the reports, but no further details were immediately available. The immediate focus will be on whether there are more casualties, whether the situation in central Gaza develops further, and whether any official clarification follows from the military or local health authorities.
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