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Israeli strikes kill nine people in Gaza, medics say

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dawoud , Abu and Alkas Reuters
People's belongings lie scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
People's belongings lie scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dawoud , Abu and Alkas

CAIRO/GAZA - Israeli strikes killed at least nine Palestinians, including five members of the same family, in separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said.

Medics in Gaza said Israeli planes launched strikes on four apartments, including the family's home, before dawn. At least 15 other people were wounded.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attacks.

Reuters footage showed a blown-out building with furniture damaged and burnt. Debris had been flung across the road by the blast.

A video circulated on Palestinian social media, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed people going into one apartment with blankets to recover bodies.

"We were woken up by the strike at 2:30 a.m. We found pieces of flesh and people were sleeping. They say the war is over but the war is not over," Khalil Batran, a neighbour of the family who were killed, told Reuters.

A girl was the only survivor of the attack on the family home, Gaza medics said.

"There is no safety in Gaza ... Every day they fire at us from there and strike us with missiles. It's futile," Batran added.

NEGOTIATIONS STALLED

The ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump has failed to halt Israeli attacks and left Israel in control of more than half the enclave following the conflict that began with Hamas attacks on southern Israel in October 2023.

Indirect talks on implementing the second phase of the deal, which includes Hamas' disarmament and Israeli army withdrawals, have stalled.

Israel says its strikes are aimed at thwarting imminent attacks. It also says it allows aid and goods to flow into Gaza.

Some 930 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since ⁠the truce began, according to figures from Gaza health officials that do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Hamas rarely publishes information about deaths among its fighters.

Four Israeli soldiers have been killed by militants during the ⁠same period, Israel's military has said.

More than 72,000 people in Gaza have been killed since the war started, most of them civilians, according to Gaza ⁠health ​authorities. Israel says it takes extraordinary measures to avoid civilian casualties.

Hamas killed 1,200 people and captured 251 Israeli and foreign hostages during its October 7, 2023, attacks on the country, Israel has said.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Cairo and Dawoud Abu Alkas in Gaza; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Kate Mayberry)

A Palestinian man walks at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A Palestinian man walks at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters
Palestinians stand near a damaged car, at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Palestinians stand near a damaged car, at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters
A damaged building stands at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A damaged building stands at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters
People's belongings lie scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
People's belongings lie scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City, June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas Dawoud Abu Alkas Reuters

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This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM.

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