Israeli strikes kill eight in Gaza, including a child, on 1 November 2026

Eight killed in several strikes

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least eight Palestinians on 1 November 2026, including one child, according to Palestinian rescue services and local hospitals cited by AFP. The deaths came in several separate attacks rather than a single raid. The Civil Defence, a rescue organisation operating under the authority of Hamas, said five people died in Khan Younis in the south and three in Gaza City in the north. Local hospitals confirmed they had received the bodies as well as several wounded people.

Khan Younis and Gaza City

In al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, a drone strike killed five people and wounded several others, according to hospital sources reported by Al Jazeera. The Interior Ministry in Gaza said the strike hit local police officers on duty, a claim relayed by Palestinian media and by Le Soir. In Gaza City, explosions from Israeli drones in the Rimal neighbourhood killed three people, among them a child. Il Fatto Quotidiano, citing Al Jazeera, also reported that the Taj Mall commercial centre was targeted.

Military response

The Israeli military confirmed that the operations took place. Its spokesperson said the two raids on Sunday aimed at several military operatives in southern Gaza and one militant in northern Gaza. The army told AFP it was still examining the results of the strikes. The military's account of the targets differs from the Palestinian account of the victims, and the sources do not reconcile the two.

Ceasefire toll

The sources set Sunday's deaths against a ceasefire that took effect on 11 October 2025. On Saturday, 31 October, the Health Ministry reported at least six deaths over the previous 48 hours, bringing the total number of victims since the truce to 1,580. Four of those six people had died of recent wounds, and two had died of injuries sustained earlier. Since the truce took effect, the ministry said, 5,711 people have been wounded and 845 bodies have been recovered. In a separate incident in the same update, two children died in a fire in a tent sheltering displaced people in al-Mawasi.

Victims, total1,580

Wounded5,711

Bodies recovered845

Victims, total

1580

Wounded

5711

Bodies recovered

845

Data from the article text

Background to the war

The current strikes come after the war that began with Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which Nasz Dziennik says killed about 1,200 people. Local authorities say more than 74,500 Palestinians have died in the war, and the UN regards those figures as generally reliable. Le Soir reports that the Israeli offensive has displaced almost the entire population of Gaza. The Health Ministry's ceasefire figures are the most recent count available in the sources, and the 1 November toll may rise as hospitals report further deaths.