Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people on Sunday, including a child, according to local hospitals, despite a roughly year-old ceasefire. The BBC cites medical officials and authorities in the territory; the Israeli military said it hit “military operatives” but has not yet provided detailed evidence.

In northern Gaza City, a missile strike hit a group of civilians next to Cairo School in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, killing three people, including a four-year-old boy. In the south, in Khan Younis, the Hamas-run interior ministry said a drone attack targeted police officers in Al-Mawasi, killing five who were, according to that account, on routine duty.

Outside Shifa Hospital, footage showed men praying beside body bags and the child’s body. Ali Oweis told AFP his son and grandson were killed in their tent: “There is no ceasefire; the war is ongoing.” At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, the ministry named the five officers (ages 23–53) and called the attack a “horrific massacre.”

The October 2025 ceasefire freed hostages and prisoners, but Israeli air strikes have continued almost daily. Since then, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry reports 1,580 deaths — figures the UN treats as reliable. Israel says it targets Hamas; civilians are often killed alongside claimed targets.

A Trump-brokered peace plan has stalled. The war began with the Hamas-led attack of 7 October 2023 (about 1,200 killed in Israel, 251 taken hostage). Since the war began, Gaza’s health ministry reports 74,594 deaths in the territory. These tallies and attributions remain politically contested; the BBC presents them as hospital and military reporting, not a final verdict.

Source: Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say (BBC News); confirmation: Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis (WAFA)