Israeli attacks on residential areas in Gaza kill eight

What the report says

Al Jazeera reported that Israeli attacks on two residential areas of Gaza City killed at least eight Palestinians on Saturday, citing medical sources. The broadcaster said an Israeli warplane hit an apartment in al-Nasr, while artillery fire struck al-Zeitoun, a nearby district. The attacks occurred in areas described as beyond the “Yellow Line,” the position Israeli forces were expected to hold under a fragile ceasefire arrangement.

According to medical sources at Al Shifa hospital cited by Al Jazeera, two missiles hit a second-floor apartment in al-Nasr, killing five people. Witnesses said the building was destroyed and a neighbouring block was damaged, while medical sources reported several injuries in the crowded area. Rescue workers were still looking through rubble, and sources warned the toll could increase. Earlier the same day, medical sources said three people were killed by artillery fire in al-Zeitoun.

The Associated Press, as cited in the article, reported that Israel confirmed it had carried out strikes across Gaza. Al Jazeera linked the latest attacks to what it described as an expansion of Israeli operations inside the enclave despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreed by Israel and Hamas in October as part of a wider plan backed by President Donald Trump.

Al Jazeera cited Gaza’s Health Ministry as saying at least 1,127 Palestinians, including at least 260 children, have been killed since the ceasefire began, while five Israeli soldiers were killed in the same period. The article said Israeli media have reported the military now controls nearly 70 percent of Gaza, far more than the roughly half expected under the ceasefire terms, raising concerns over movement, livelihoods and the fragmentation of civilian life.