An Israeli drone strike on a displacement camp in Gaza City has killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded fifteen others, including children, according to Gaza's Civil Defence emergency service. The attack struck the Jawazat camp for displaced people, with al-Shifa Hospital confirming it had received eight bodies, at least three of them women. Hamas condemned the strike as "a massacre of women and children" and accused Israel of undermining ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Cairo, where mediators were meeting with Hamas leaders on the same day to discuss the next phase of a truce deal.
A separate strike further south killed a 25-year-old man, Muhannad Farwana, whom the Israeli military described as "a cell commander" in Hamas's armed wing, claiming the operation was a precision strike targeting a militant. According to his cousin Mohammed Farwana, the attack hit the tent Muhannad had set up on the roof of his family home — on the very morning he was due to be married. "The whole family was ready to celebrate his wedding. Today we are attending his funeral instead," his cousin told reporters. A third strike later in the day killed a 37-year-old man in a south-eastern neighbourhood of Gaza City.
The violence comes despite a ceasefire that formally took effect in October 2025, brokered under US pressure after more than two years of war triggered by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. In practice, strikes on Gaza have continued on a near-daily basis, with both Israel and Hamas accusing each other of routine violations. Since the truce began, more than 950 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's Health Ministry — figures the United Nations considers broadly reliable. Israel reports five soldiers killed in the same period.
The strikes complicate already fragile diplomatic efforts. Ceasefire talks in Cairo are expected to continue for several more days, with mediators attempting to secure a more durable arrangement. The timing of the attacks, on a day of active negotiations, drew particular criticism from Hamas, which said Israel was sabotaging the process. Israel has not publicly addressed that accusation, stating only that its forces "targeted terrorists" in the affected areas. For the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians sheltering in makeshift camps across Gaza, the continued strikes underscore that the formal ceasefire has yet to translate into safety on the ground.