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Israeli Strikes Kill 13 in Gaza Amid Truce Violations

Published 25 April 2026

Palestinians in Gaza buried a woman pregnant with twins and two of her young children on Saturday, part of funerals for at least 13 people killed in Israeli strikes the previous day. The attacks occurred across the territory, including in Gaza City, the northern Gaza Strip and the southern city of Khan Younis, amid a fragile truce that has failed to halt deadly violence.

Local hospitals reported that the Friday toll included two men killed in Gaza City and eight others in Khan Younis. Officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis stated that the eight victims, among them four police officers, died when Israel struck a police vehicle. In the northern town of Beit Lahiya, Khalid AlTanani lost his wife, Islam AlTanani, and two of their four children in a series of airstrikes. The children, Hamza, aged 13, and Naya, aged 4, were killed alongside Islam, who was expecting twin boys. AlTanani's account described the sequence of events: "With the first shell, thank God we all survived and were calling out to each other. Then they fired the second, third, and fourth shells one after the other. Their voices fell silent. I went inside and found my wife, Islam AlTanani, martyred, and my son,...

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