Boys walk past tents in a displacement camp near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 11 July 2026. [Getty]
Israeli attacks killed at least five people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including a nine-year-old girl, Palestinian health officials said.
Medics said Israeli gunfire directed at a tent encampment on the eastern side of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed nine-year-old Tala Abu Matar. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the girl’s death.
An airstrike at a metal foundry in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood killed four people. Witnesses said the site was hit with three Israeli missiles.
Israel’s military told Reuters it had struck “terrorist” infrastructure, without giving further details.
The ceasefire agreed in October 2025 between Israel and Hamas has failed to stop Israeli attacks, which have killed more than 1,100 Palestinians since it took effect. More than 3,535 others have been wounded.
The latest attacks come as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for further talks over implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
The discussions include Hamas disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, according to sources close to the talks, adding that there had not yet been a breakthrough despite Hamas last week dissolving its government in Gaza.
Nearly all of Gaza’s 2 million people, most of whom have been displaced several times, now live on a tiny strip of land along the coast, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, under Hamas control.
Israeli forces have gradually expanded their zone of control during the ceasefire and now occupy an estimated 70 percent of the territory.
At least 73,331 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal assault since October 2023, according to the Gaza-based health ministry. Another 173,643 have been injured.
(Reuters and TNA staff)
