Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza, civil defense says

At least seven people were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza on Thursday, including a woman and a child in Gaza City, according to Gaza's civil defense agency.

Why it matters: The strikes land as Israel's Gaza campaign grinds on alongside the Iran war, with both sides' casualty claims unverified by independent observers.

Data as of October 8 strikes per Gaza Civil Defense via ERT (in Greek), which cites the APE-MPE wire and AFP. The IDF told AFP three of the dead were fighters of terrorist organizations and confirmed reports of the other victims; Hamas denied an Israeli claim that its fighters operated from Kamal Adwan hospital. Single wire-based account; casualty figures uncorroborated by independent observers.

Israeli strikes killed at least seven people in Gaza on Thursday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense agency, whose account was carried by Greek public broadcaster ERT citing the APE-MPE wire and AFP. Drone strikes hit a car, killing two occupants, and a tent in a displaced-persons camp, killing a man; an airstrike on an apartment building in Gaza City killed a woman and a child and wounded others; one person was killed by Israeli gunfire southeast of Deir al-Balah, and health officials reported a woman shot dead in Gaza City.

The Israeli military told AFP that three of the dead were “fighters of terrorist organizations” and confirmed to AFP the reports about the four other victims. Hamas on Thursday denied Israel’s claim, made Wednesday, that its fighters operated from Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, calling it a pretext.

Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza, civil defense says

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