Palestinians carry the body of 3-year-old Saadi Ghalia, who rescue workers said was killed by Israeli tank fire, before his funeral in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sept. 7, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters)
An Israeli strike in Gaza on Thursday killed a family of four including two children, Palestinian hospital and security sources said.
"The bodies of four members of the Ahmad family were recovered in pieces after an Israeli strike hit a house in the Beit Lahia Project area in the northern Gaza Strip," an official at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City said, identifying the children as aged 12 and eight.
The Israeli military, contacted by AFP, said it was checking.
A Palestinian security source in Gaza, which is under the control of Hamas, said that Israeli warplanes struck after midnight in Beit Lahia and separately in the heart of the Jabalia refugee camp, with Israeli forces also firing on tents of displaced people and ambulances.
"Israel continues its violations in the Gaza Strip," the security source said.
Israel in October last year agreed to a cease-fire brokered by the United States but since then has advanced further into Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed no let-up in strikes on Gaza, allegedly targeting Hamas until it gives up all of its weapons.
Israel often identifies its targets afterwards. The Israeli military said that on Sunday it killed Sabhi Hadr Al-Atham al-Batrihi, claiming he was planting explosive devices against Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,300 people since the cease-fire was announced, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.
The Israeli army has identified five deaths in its ranks over the same period, as well as the death of one civilian contractor.
