A displaced Palestinian walks through the rubble of buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Aug. 1, 2026. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least 13 people, authorities said Sunday, despite Hamas saying it had agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war.
Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a plan championed by U.S. President Donald Trump that includes provisions for handing over its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
Israel has yet to officially comment on the agreement, but a political source told AFP "that there will be no withdrawal whatsoever" without Hamas's "genuine disarmament."
Gaza's civil defense rescue service, which operates under Hamas authority, said Sunday that eight people were killed in strikes around midnight that hit multiple residential buildings, while five others were killed later in the day.
In one overnight attack in the central Gaza Strip, a man and his wife were killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli military helicopter struck an apartment, a civil defense spokesperson said.
An elderly man and a child were killed in another strike on an apartment west of Gaza City, and three people, including a child, were killed in a strike on a residential building northwest of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
"One person was killed and four others injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a group of civilians near a camp for displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip," the spokesperson said.
A couple and their child were killed in a strike on an apartment west of Gaza City at dawn, the spokesperson said, adding that the woman was pregnant.
Two others were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their vehicle in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, he said. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital said the victims were brothers.
Authorities reported Saturday that eight people had been killed in strikes that damaged a hospital's medical supplies and targeted a rooftop. The Israeli army said two of the strikes targeted members of the Army of Islam and Islamic Jihad militant groups.
