Israeli strikes kill 11 civilians in Gaza amid ceasefire

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas remained in place on Saturday, July 18, 2026, but violence continued in Gaza, with Palestinian officials reporting 11 people killed in Israeli strikes across the territory. The dead included a family of five-three children and their parents-who were killed when a strike hit their residential apartment in northwest Gaza City.

According to the territory's civil defence agency, the family's only surviving member was a child who was not inside the home at the time. Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital confirmed receiving the five bodies. An Israeli military spokeswoman said a strike had been carried out in Gaza City on Saturday targeting a Hamas terrorist and that the military was assessing the results. Witnesses described a sudden attack with no warning, leaving bodies scattered and causing significant damage to the building.

In a separate incident, three more people were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a group of civilians in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, the civil defence agency reported. Hours later, agency spokesman Mahmoud Bassal announced the death of a woman after what he described as Israeli artillery shelling struck a tent sheltering...