Eleven people, including children, were killed and dozens were injured at dawn today after Israeli warplanes bombed homes in Rafah and Nuseirat in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.

In Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, six people, most of them children, were killed and several others were injured after the Israeli occupation warplanes bombed a residential apartment belonging to the Subh family in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of the city.

Five people, including three children, were also killed in an Israeli bombing of a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp and another house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation artillery bombed various areas in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Its warplanes also attacked several areas east of Gaza City, al-Maghazi camp, al-Shuja’iya, and Jabalia camp in the Gaza Strip.

Opinion

Editorial

Iran stalemate
Updated 02 May, 2026

Iran stalemate

THE US and Iran are currently somewhere between war and peace. While a tenuous ceasefire — extended largely due to...
Tax shortfall
02 May, 2026

Tax shortfall

THE Rs684bn shortfall in tax collection during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is a continuation of a...
Teaching inclusion
02 May, 2026

Teaching inclusion

DISCRIMINATORY and exclusionary content in Punjab’s textbooks has been flagged in Inclusive Education for a United...
Water vision
01 May, 2026

Water vision

WATER insecurity in Pakistan has been building up for decades as per capita water availability has declined from...
Vaccine policy
01 May, 2026

Vaccine policy

PAKISTAN has finally approved its first National Vaccine Policy; a step the health ministry has rightly described as...
Labour rights
Updated 01 May, 2026

Labour rights

THE annual observance of May Day should move beyond statements about the state’s commitment to the rights of...