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Israeli airstrikes on Monday left three Palestinians dead and six wounded in the Gaza Strip, Health Ministry officials and local medics said. The fatal blows struck the towns of Khan Younis and Al‑Mussadar, while Israel cited attacks on militants. Article is HTML follows:
On Monday, 1 November 2026, Israeli airstrikes hit the Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians and leaving six others wounded, Gaza health officials said, citing reports from local medics and the Ministry of Health.
Two of the victims were found in the southern enclave city of Khan Younis, where local doctors noted that the two fatalities were part of separate strikes that also wounded six residents, according to reports from the Gaza health authorities.
The third fatality occurred in the outskirts of Al‑Mussadar, a town in the central Gaza Strip, where medics identified a single Palestinian killed in an Israeli strike, adding to the day's casualties.
The Israeli military said it had carried out two strikes in the enclave, describing the attacks as targeting Palestinian militants, but did not disclose further details on the locations or objectives of the missions.
The incidents come amid stalled ceasefire negotiations that began last October, with factions on both sides arguing that the current ceasefire has been violated. The United Nations and various diplomatic actors have urged both Israel and Hamas to allow for a full humanitarian pause to facilitate reconstruction and eventual disarmament, but neither side has reached a mutually acceptable agreement.
According to Gaza health officials, 1,580 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since the cease‑fire was declared in October, while Israel reports that four of its soldiers have died in the conflict. The ongoing violence has left hundreds of civilians injured, and more than 74,000 casualties are recorded by Palestinian authorities across the region.
