Israeli air strikes kill several across Gaza Strip: local authorities
Israeli air strikes in Gaza City have resulted in multiple casualties, including administrative staff at the Islamic University. Simultaneously, the World Food Programme announced it must cut aid to half a million people in Gaza due to a severe funding shortfall.
Why it matters
The escalation of conflict combined with the withdrawal of humanitarian aid threatens to worsen the already dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli air strikes kill several across Gaza Strip: local authorities left Mourners grieve next to the bodies of three Palestinians during their funeral at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 25, 2026, after they were killed in an Israeli strike on the Islamic University building. AFP AFP https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/3sv516/article71624402.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/AFP_D4D87CC.jpg OMAR AL-QATTAA Mourners grieve next to the bodies of three Palestinians during their funeral at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 25, 2026, after they were killed in an Israeli strike on the Islamic University building. An Israeli strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on October 25, staff and a local hospital said, while the civil defence agency reported four others killed elsewhere in the territory. Reached for comment, the Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.
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