GAZA CITY: Health officials said Israeli strikes killed six people across the Palestinian territory on Wednesday and wounded several others, including the son of Hamas’s chief negotiator.

Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce.

“Five people have been killed since this morning in strikes by the occupation on the Gaza Strip,” the civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue service under Hamas, said.

Gaza City’s Al-Ahli hospital reported receiving “three dead and a number of wounded following an Israeli drone strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City”.

A strike on Gaza City killed one person and wounded 10 others, including the son of Hamas’s chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya.

Two more people were killed and over ten wounded in attacks in other parts of Gaza.

One of the two was a Hamas police officer, according to a security source.

The ceasefire has largely halted the Gaza conflict, which began after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, raid on Israel.

But violence has persisted, with at least 837 Palestinians killed since the truce began, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2026