Israeli shelling kills six Palestinians, injures 20 in eastern Gaza
A WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli artillery killed three Palestinians, including a child and a woman, near the Al-Qastal Towers complex.
Israeli shelling killed six Palestinians and injured around 20 others on Friday east of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
A WAFA correspondent said Israeli artillery shelled the area near the Al-Qastal Towers residential complex, killing three Palestinians, including a child and a woman, and wounding around 20 others.
The wounded were taken to the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Hospital, the correspondent said.
Artillery also shelled the eastern areas of Gaza City, the correspondent added.
The Israeli military campaign on the Strip has been under way since Oct. 7, 2023, and WAFA's tally puts the death toll at 74,653 Palestinians, mostly women and children, with 176,007 others injured.
The report says Israel has destroyed 90 percent of the Strip's infrastructure, with the cost of reconstruction estimated at $70 billion.
Since a Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect on Oct. 11, 2025, Israel has killed 1,622 Palestinians and injured 5,878 others, and the bodies of at least 850 slain Palestinians have been recovered, the report said.
WAFA's report adds that nearly two million people have been forcibly displaced across the Strip, most of them crowded into the southern city of Rafah near the Egyptian border.
