One killed in Israeli strike on tent sheltering displaced people in Gaza, medical sources say

GAZA — One Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced people on Monday, 26 October 2026, according to medical sources cited by Palestinian media. Reports differ on the location.

What the reports say

In a post on Telegram, Quds News Network said an Israeli drone struck a tent housing displaced people west of Gaza City. The channel said one person was killed and others were hurt. It attributed the information to medical sources and gave no names or exact figures for the injured.

Al Jazeera Arabic, also in a post on Telegram, described an Israeli strike on a displaced people's tent in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. It cited a source in Gaza's ambulance and emergency services. It said one person was killed and several were injured. The post did not say what type of weapon was used.

Both posts are unverified social media messages. Neither gave the identity or age of the dead or injured, and neither said how many people were in the tent.

Locations not reconciled

The two accounts place the strike in different parts of Gaza. Quds News Network refers to an area west of Gaza City. Al Jazeera Arabic refers to Mawasi in Khan Younis, which is in the south. The sources do not say whether they describe one incident or two separate ones. Zenga News has not been able to confirm either location or establish whether the reports refer to the same event.

The Israeli military had not commented in the material reviewed. There was no statement from Gaza's health authorities in those sources about this particular strike.

Wider reports of casualties

Anadolu Agency reported on Monday that three Palestinians had been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza. They included a 7-year-old girl, it said. It said five others were injured. According to Anadolu, Israeli strikes and gunfire hit southern and central parts of the Strip.

Anadolu described the attacks as ceasefire violations. The summary available to Zenga News does not say whether the tent strike is part of its count. It also does not link the girl's death to the tent. Those details remain unconfirmed.

Background

Reports of Israeli strikes and gunfire in Gaza have continued while a ceasefire is described as being in place. Anadolu's reporting on Monday framed the day's attacks in that context. Palestinian outlets regularly cite medical and emergency sources for casualty figures in such incidents. Independent verification is often difficult.

Many displaced Palestinians in Gaza live in tents, including in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. The sources reviewed here do not give figures for the number of people sheltering in tents or the conditions they face.

Zenga News will update this report if Israeli officials, Gaza's health authorities or other outlets give further details on where the strike took place and who was hurt.