Israeli air strikes kill several across Gaza Strip: local authorities

Al Shifa hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight people who were wounded in the Gaza City drone strike, with two sources at the Islamic University saying those killed were administrative staff and the injured were students.

Israeli air strike kills three security guards in one of two attacks on the Islamic University in Gaza City. Listen (3 mins) Save Share Eight killed in Gaza as Israel targets university campus and other sites on social media Share Add on Google Mourners carry the body of one of three Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike on the Islamic University building on October 25, 2026 [AFP] By Staff Published On 25 Oct 2026 25 Oct 2026 At least eight Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, including one that targeted a university campus in Gaza City.

Three security guards were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Islamic University campus on Sunday, the second attack that targeted the institution in the space of a few hours. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 UK PM Burnham says he wants to discuss a return to EU freedom of movement list 2 of 3 Saudi air defences intercept Houthi barrage near Mecca list 3 of 3 Bangladesh per capita GDP forecast to outstrip India’s: What does it mean?

End of list Reporting from the scene immediately after the attack, ’s Hani Mahmoud said, “The aftermath was massive.” “The bloodstains, the pieces of flesh of the bodies that were torn apart were on the ground; the smell of the acrid, burning concrete mixed with the flesh and the blood,” he added, saying that the team had just finished filming on site and greeted the three security guards before the strike killed them. “We could hear the hissing sound of flying shrapnel everywhere to the point we thought we were going to be hit,” our correspondent said.

In the earlier drone strike on the campus, seven female students were injured by flying shrapnel. “One of them was seriously injured and was transferred to a nearby field hospital,” Mahmoud said.

Separately, in southern Gaza, the Nasser Medical Complex reported that two people were killed as a result of Israeli shelling in al-Mawasi in Khan Younis. Several people were also wounded, including a child.

A person was also killed in an Israeli drone strike east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, and another person was killed, and several others wounded, in an attack on al-Rashid Street, near Hamad Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

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