Ankara: At least 12 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Tuesday, including an entire family of six after Israeli forces bombed their house in Gaza City despite an ongoing ceasefire, medics said. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams initially recovered the bodies of a mother and her four children following an Israeli strike targeting an apartment in the Al-Samer area.
According to Anadolu Agency, a medical source stated that the children killed in the attack were aged between 6 and 13. The bodies of the victims arrived at the Al-Shifa Hospital burned, the source added. The father of the family was later confirmed dead in the same attack. Gaza's Civil Defense reported that its teams extinguished a large fire at the family home following the Israeli strike.
In another attack, a medical source reported that four more Palestinians were killed and others injured when an Israeli drone struck a residential apartment in central Gaza City. Additionally, two Palestinians were killed when an Israeli strike hit a civilian car northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israeli artillery also shelled areas southeast of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, while military vehicles stationed nearby opened heavy fire. In central Gaza, Israeli vehicles advanced around 100 meters into the Abu Ghraba area east of Deir al-Balah, accompanied by a military bulldozer, opening heavy fire and razing land before withdrawing several hours later, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.
Israeli officials stated that the Israeli military now occupies more than 70% of the enclave, an increase from 53% under the Oct. 10, 2025 ceasefire agreement. Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli army has continued its daily attacks in Gaza, killing at least 1,168 Palestinians and injuring 3,798 others, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
Since the onset of Israel's genocide on Oct. 8, 2023, nearly 73,300 Palestinians have been killed and 174,000 injured, while 90% of Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.