Israeli strike on Gaza funeral killed at least seven people, hospital says
The Guardian • • world
Key Points:
- An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip killed at least seven people and injured 22, according to Al-Awda hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
- The funeral was for a Palestinian killed in an earlier Israeli attack on the same day, with no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the recent strike.
- Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in October to halt their two-year conflict, but at least 1,123 people have died in Gaza since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza’s health ministry.
- The UN has found evidence that Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, while militants have conducted attacks on Israeli troops, resulting in the deaths of five Israeli soldiers since the ceasefire.
- The conflict started with a Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage, and Israel’s subsequent offensive has killed over 73,000 Palestinians, including those since the ceasefire.
