Gaza: rescue services report five killed in Israeli strikes

This dossier follows strikes in Gaza and documented human consequences, preserving attribution of casualty figures and military explanations.

Last updated : 3 November 20264 key moments

Al-Shifa, 23 February 2025. Archive photograph; it does not show the 3 November 2026 strikes. Jaber Jehad Badwan, CC BY-SA 4.0. — Jaber Jehad Badwan / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 23 février 2025, redimensionnement.

Where things stand

On 3 November 2026, AFP reported at least four killed in Gaza, citing health and security sources. Al Araby TV reported five killed. The counts remain attributed and provisional.

3 November 2026Reported information

Gaza: at least four killed in new strikes, local sources tell AFP

Gaza health and security sources cited by AFP reported at least four people killed in Israeli strikes on 3 November, including a teenage girl and a member of Hamas's internal security service.

Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in 2025. — Al-Shifa, 23 February 2025. Archive photograph; it does not show the 3 November 2026 strikes. Jaber Jehad Badwan, CC BY-SA 4.0. — Jaber Jehad Badwan / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 23 février 2025, redimensionnement.

Nasser Hospital said it received three bodies following a strike west of Khan Yunis. In Gaza City, rescue services and Al-Shifa Hospital reported a teenage girl's death in a separate strike.

Israel's military told AFP it had targeted military operatives in the Khan Yunis area. Al Araby TV reports five deaths for the day: the totals have not been reconciled and remain provisional, without independent verification of the full toll.

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2 November 2026Reported information

Gaza City vehicle strike kills one, local sources say

An Israeli strike on a vehicle in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood killed one person on 2 November 2026, according to rescue services cited by AFP and WAFA’s local and medical sources. The Palestinian agency also reported five injuries.

Archive view of Gaza City, December 2007. — Gaza City in December 2007. Archive image; it does not show the strike. OneArmedMan / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. — OneArmedMan / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public ; 23 décembre 2007 ; sans modification.

WAFA places the attack near Al-Hidaya Mosque, by Al-Khor roundabout. AFP’s reporting, carried by outlets including Arabic-language Euronews, also describes a vehicle hit in Tel al-Hawa and one death.

Asked about the day’s attacks, Israel’s military told AFP it had targeted several militants. That general response does not identify the vehicle’s occupants. The toll for this strike remains attributed to local sources and is not a count of all casualties that day.

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1 November 2026Reported information

Gaza: hospitals and rescue services report eight killed in two strikes

Two Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on 1 November 2026, according to hospital sources, rescue services and the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. Reports give five deaths in the Khan Younis area and three in Gaza City, including a child.

Gaza City in December 2007. Archive illustration; it does not show the November 2026 strikes. — OneArmedMan / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public ; 23 décembre 2007 ; sans modification.

Nasser Hospital received the five bodies from the Khan Younis area, while Shifa Hospital reported three deaths in Gaza City, Associated Press reports. Reuters says the Interior Ministry described the five Khan Younis victims as police officers.

Israel's military says it targeted several militants in Khan Younis. That explanation does not verify every victim's identity. The casualty figures and characterisations remain attributed to their sources; they concern these two attacks and are not a comprehensive daily total.

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28 October 2026Reported information

Gaza: rescue services report five killed in Israeli strikes

Gaza's civil defence and a local hospital reported five people killed in Israeli strikes on 28 October 2026, AFP reports. The reported attacks include Rafah and Khan Younis in the territory's south.

Gaza City in December 2007. Archive illustration; it shows neither Rafah nor Khan Younis nor the 2026 strikes. — OneArmedMan / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public ; 23 décembre 2007 ; sans modification.

AFP's toll includes three people killed in Rafah, a wounded person who later died and one person killed in Khan Younis. Earlier, WAFA had reported three killed in a strike on an economy ministry facility in Rafah and a death in Khan Younis.

Asked by AFP, the Israeli military said it had targeted fighters and promised further details. That response does not identify the victims. The tolls remain attributed to local services and should not be added to earlier counts from the same day.

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