Two Palestinians killed in Gaza as Israeli drone strike hits Nuseirat area

GAZA CITY — Two Palestinians were killed on Saturday in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources cited by Anadolu Agency. One died in an Israeli drone strike north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, and the other died of wounds from an earlier strike in Gaza City.

A medical source at Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza said Diaa Abu al-Rous was killed in the strike north of the Nuseirat camp. Witnesses told Anadolu that an Israeli drone carried out the attack near the headquarters of an electricity company north of the camp.

Separately, a medical source at Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City confirmed the death of Arafat al-Arair. He had been wounded several days earlier in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood, southwest of Gaza City, Anadolu reported.

Anadolu described the deaths as occurring during continued Israeli army violations of a ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since October 2025. The Israeli military did not comment in the sources reviewed for this report.

Local sources also told Anadolu that Israeli military vehicles and artillery shelled several areas of the Gaza Strip. The attacks targeted eastern Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, Gaza City, Khan Younis in the south and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to the sources. Israeli warships shelled the Gaza City coastline and fired machine guns toward the shore, Anadolu reported.

In Gaza City, Israeli military vehicles fired heavily at homes near the al-Sanafour intersection in the eastern Tuffah neighbourhood, the sources said. In Khan Younis, military vehicles opened fire toward tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the al-Iqlimi and Bir 19 areas south of the city. Several tents were struck by gunfire, but no injuries were reported, according to the sources.

A post on Telegram by the Palestine Chronicle channel, published the same day, also reported the two deaths and the shelling, including attacks on displacement tents. The channel's report has not been confirmed by a news outlet or official statement in the material reviewed, and it cites the same Health Ministry figures as Anadolu.

Why it matters

The Gaza Health Ministry said that, as of Thursday, Israeli violations of the ceasefire had killed 1,574 Palestinians and wounded 5,687 others since October 2025, according to figures released by the ministry and reported by Anadolu. The ministry's figures are not independently verified in the sources reviewed. Saturday's deaths add to that count, though the ministry has not yet published an updated total.

Families sheltering in tents in Khan Younis and other areas face continued gunfire and shelling, according to local sources. Residents of Gaza City's coastline and the eastern Tuffah neighbourhood were also reported to be under fire.

Background

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in October 2025, according to the sources. Anadolu described the current violations as occurring under that agreement. Nuseirat is one of several refugee camps in central Gaza. Tel al-Hawa is a neighbourhood southwest of Gaza City.

According to Gaza's Health Ministry, cited by Anadolu, the war that began in October 2023 has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 175,000 others. The ministry also said the war has destroyed around 90% of civilian infrastructure. These figures are the ministry's and have not been independently verified in the sources reviewed.

What happens next

The sources reviewed do not describe any scheduled talks, investigations or official responses to Saturday's deaths. Whether the Israeli military will comment on the strikes has not been reported.