At least five people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a 9-year-old girl, according to Palestinian health officials.
Medical workers reported that Israeli gunfire struck a tent encampment on the eastern edge of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, fatally wounding a young girl identified as Tala Abu Matar. The Israeli military offered no immediate response regarding her death.
Separately, an airstrike targeted a metal foundry in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, claiming four lives. Eyewitnesses reported that three Israeli missiles struck the location.
When contacted by Reuters, the Israeli military stated it had hit what it described as “terrorist” infrastructure but declined to provide additional details.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was established in October 2025, bringing an end to the heaviest fighting in the territory. However, Israeli strikes have continued since then, killing more than 1,000 Palestinians. During that same period, militants in Gaza have killed four Israeli soldiers.
The latest bloodshed is unfolding while Hamas officials are meeting with Egyptian counterparts in Cairo to discuss moving forward with the second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace initiative for Gaza. Those discussions center on Hamas disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, though sources familiar with the negotiations say no significant progress has been made.
Gaza’s roughly 2 million residents — the vast majority of whom have been uprooted from their homes multiple times — are now crowded into a narrow coastal corridor, living primarily in makeshift shelters or partially destroyed buildings under Hamas governance.
According to Israeli figures, Hamas-led fighters killed approximately 1,200 people during their cross-border assault on Israel on October 7, 2023. Since that attack, Gaza’s health ministry reports that more than 73,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in the territory.
