Kitchen workers among 8 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Updated 18 May, 2026 09:37am 2 min read
Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City. -- Reuters
Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City. -- Reuters

Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, ‌health officials said.

Medics said an Israeli ​strike killed one Palestinian near a police post in ‌Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military alleged it killed a suspect who it claimed posed an immediate threat to occupation forces operating in ​an area south of the enclave.

Separately, Gaza medics said another ​Israeli air strike killed at least three people at a ⁠community kitchen near Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the ​central Gaza area.

The Israeli military didn’t immediately comment on the incident.

Israel ​and Hamas remain deadlocked in indirect talks to advance US President Donald Trump’s post-war plan for Gaza that is meant to end more than two ​years of fighting.

Israel has stepped up attacks in Gaza in the ​weeks since halting its joint bombing with the US in Iran, redirecting its ‌fire ⁠back on the devastated Palestinian territory.

On Saturday, the Israeli military said that Izz Al Din Al Haddad, the head of Hamas’s armed wing in the ​Gaza Strip, was ​killed in a strike on Gaza City on Friday.

Hamas confirmed Haddad’s death but stopped ​short of threatening revenge.

Israel has repeatedly carried out ​strikes on ⁠Gaza since the ceasefire started.

Some 870 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in Israeli strikes since the October ceasefire.

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