Israeli drone strikes kill six Palestinians across Gaza, medical workers say

GAZA CITY — Israeli drone attacks killed at least six Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to Palestinian medical and emergency workers cited by Al Jazeera. The strikes came a year after a ceasefire was announced.

The attacks hit northern, central and southern areas of the territory. Al Jazeera did not report any Israeli statement on the individual strikes. The Israeli military has not been quoted on them in the material reviewed.

Where the strikes were reported

The Palestinian news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, said a man was killed and several others were wounded when a drone struck a group of civilians near al-Faluja cemetery, west of Jabalia refugee camp.

Wafa also reported that one Palestinian was killed and several were injured in a drone strike in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah.

Earlier, two people were killed and others wounded in the Tuffah neighbourhood of northeast Gaza City, according to staff at al-Shifa Hospital. Witnesses told Al Jazeera the people hit were returning from the burial of a victim of an earlier attack.

Al-Shifa Hospital said another person was killed in a drone attack in eastern Gaza City. In central Gaza, staff at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital reported one person killed and another injured in Deir el-Balah.

On Sunday, Middle East Eye reported, citing Al Jazeera, that the Israeli military had killed a Palestinian man in Khan Younis. It said this followed a drone strike west of Gaza City that wounded four Palestinians. Middle East Eye did not say whether these incidents were linked to the six deaths reported on Saturday.

Casualty figures

In an update on Saturday, Gaza's Health Ministry said 1,511 Palestinians had been killed and 5,375 injured since the ceasefire was announced on October 10, 2025. For the preceding 48 hours, it reported six deaths and 43 injuries.

The ministry said 74,469 Palestinians had been killed and 175,492 injured since the war began in October 2023. These figures come from the ministry and were not independently verified in the sources.

Children and displacement

UNICEF spokesman Ricardo Pires told reporters in Geneva on Friday that more than 340 children had been killed since the ceasefire began. He said seven children had died in attacks over the previous two weeks and at least 33 others had been seriously injured.

UNICEF said about 800,000 children remained displaced, many of them in tents or unsafe buildings as winter approaches.

Background

The ceasefire, brokered by the United States, was announced on October 10, 2025. It included a partial Israeli military withdrawal to a line known as the "Yellow Line".

Mapping published by Al Jazeera on October 12 showed that Israeli forces control or restrict access to about 65 percent of Gaza. Al Jazeera's report said the Yellow Line had been pushed further into Palestinian areas.

On Friday, Gaza's Health Ministry warned that more than 1.4 million Palestinians were projected to face crisis-level food insecurity or worse for the rest of the year.