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An Israeli airstrike on Saturday morning (October 3, 2026) killed five Palestinians, including four women, in an apartment building in Gaza City, according to health and civil defense officials. The attack destroyed the building and caused a fire, with eyewitnesses describing the scene of dismembered bodies amid debris. Since last October’s ceasefire brokered by the U.S., at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while Israel reports four soldier deaths due to militant attacks in Gaza.
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On September 29, an Israeli airstrike killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, the head of Hamas' armed wing in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz. The strike hit an apartment building in Gaza City's Nasr neighborhood around dawn, also causing another fatality among those wounded by the attack. In early October, another Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in a residential building in western Gaza City’s Remal neighborhood; health officials reported six others were severely injured. Since last October’s ceasefire, Israel claims it has targeted and killed over 20 Hamas figures this month alone, citing violations of the ceasefire agreement by Hamas, which denies rearming or attacking. Meanwhile, Gaza health officials report that Israeli fire since October 2023 has resulted in at least 1,400 Palestinian deaths, compared to four reported Israeli soldier fatalities during the same period.

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Gaza GPE · 4× Israel GPE · 4× Hamas ORG · 3× Israeli NORP · 3× Christian ORG · 2× Palestinians NORP · 2× Ahmed Al-Dahdouh PERSON · 1× Gaza City GPE · 1× Muslims NORP · 1× Reuters ORG · 1×

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“We are Muslims and these are our Christian brethren, who are not involved in anything, they are peaceful people, and everybody loves them, and now we pulled out their bodies, a mother and her daughter,” said Dahdouh.
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Israeli strike kills five, including four women, in Gaza, health officials say · assertive framing

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An Israeli airstrike killed at least five Palestinians, including four women, in an apartment building in Gaza City early on Saturday (October 3, 2026), health and civil defense service officials said. asserted
officials → kill → Saturday
Among the dead were a Christian mother and her daughter, medics said. asserted
medics → say → dead
The strike destroyed the apartment building and started a fire. asserted
strike → destroy → fire
“We were asleep and suddenly heard continuous strikes, and heavy explosions, the children woke up startled and started running and screaming,” said eyewitness Ahmed Al-Dahdouh. asserted
Dahdouh → hear → strikes
“We ran out and found that our neighbour’s house was struck and there were dismembered martyrs, women, men and children, we started to pull them out, they were scattered under the rubble,” he told Reuters. asserted
he → run → Reuters
Last year’s U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire calls for eventual reconstruction of the territory. asserted
ceasefire → call → territory
But little progress has been made towards implementing a deal to end the conflict that includes terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its troops. asserted
Israel → make → troops
“We are Muslims and these are our Christian brethren, who are not involved in anything, they are peaceful people, and everybody loves them, and now we pulled out their bodies, a mother and her daughter,” said Dahdouh. asserted
Dahdouh → involve → bodies
Israel, which says Hamas has been rearming and launching attacks in violation of the ceasefire, has stepped up strikes on the group in recent weeks. asserted
Hamas → say → weeks
Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal. asserted
Hamas → deny → deal
Gaza health officials have said at least 1,400 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since last October’s ceasefire. asserted
Palestinians → say → ceasefire
Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period. asserted
four → say → period
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