Israeli attack on Gaza kills two Palestinians

What the report says

An Israeli air strike hit a civilian vehicle in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighborhood on Sunday, killing at least two Palestinians and wounding 13 others, according to medics cited by Al Jazeera. Health officials said the bodies were severely damaged, and they appealed for help identifying the dead. Al Jazeera also said video from the scene, which it verified, showed the vehicle badly destroyed.

The Israeli military said it was targeting two Hamas fighters. The attack came amid what Al Jazeera described as near-daily Israeli strikes across Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreed last October between Israel and Hamas. The article said more than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since that truce began, based on local health authorities.

The report also placed the strike in the wider context of the war in Gaza, which local authorities say has killed at least 73,669 people since October 2023, most of them women and children. Al Jazeera noted that Hamas has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire and blocking President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war, which envisions an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Hamas disarmament. Trump, speaking in Ireland on Saturday, defended his administration’s approach to Gaza, saying the situation had improved.