Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza, three at university

At least seven Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sunday, including three security guards in an air strike on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported.

Why it matters: The university was hit twice within hours, the second strike killing the guards, in a day of attacks across the strip that shows how fragile the ceasefire remains for civilians and for the institutions still standing.

Data as of Al Jazeera report of October 25, 2026, read in full in this run, is the source for the seven deaths and their locations, citing its correspondent Hani Mahmoud at the Islamic University, the Nasser Medical Complex for the two deaths in al-Mawasi and the Palestinian Wafa news agency for the death on al-Rashid Street. Arab News and Le Monde headlines of the same day independently report three killed in the strike on the Islamic University; neither article was read in full in this run. The Al Jazeera report carries no Israeli military statement on these attacks, and the casualty figures are Palestinian medical and agency figures, not independently verified here. Developing item.

An air strike on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City killed three security guards on Sunday, the second attack on the campus within a few hours after an earlier drone strike wounded seven female students, one of them seriously, Al Jazeera reported. Israeli shelling also killed two people in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis, a drone strike killed one person east of Deir el-Balah, and one person was killed on al-Rashid Street in the north, bringing the day’s toll reported by Al Jazeera to at least seven. The report carried no Israeli military comment on the attacks.

Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza, three at university

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