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// DOSSIER — israeli-strikes-continue-gaza-war-anniversary
Israeli Strikes Continue Across Gaza Around Third Anniversary of War
REL_TIME: 08 Oct 2026 08:17Z · LANG: EN
Israeli airstrikes, drone attacks, and shelling have continued across the Gaza Strip in early October 2026, marking the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 conflict. Multiple strikes killed civilians and volunteers, including a volunteer medic in northern Gaza and five people—among them two Palestinian Christian women and a university academic—in an apartment building in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood. Israel claimed the attacks targeted senior Hamas figures, including political leader Ali al-Amoudi, and operatives violating truce terms. Palestinian officials reported that more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered October 2025 ceasefire began, with overall war casualties surpassing 74,000 amid stalled reconstruction and disarmament negotiations.
// Background
The war began following the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on southern Israel, resulting in approximately 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages taken. Despite a US-brokered ceasefire reached in October 2025 that secured the release of remaining hostages and thousands of Palestinian prisoners, lasting peace remains stalled over terms for Hamas's disarmament and Israel's troop withdrawal. Israeli forces control between 53% and 60% of Gaza along the perimeter and demarcated 'Yellow Line', confining more than two million Palestinians into crowded tents and destroyed urban areas covering the remaining territory.
// Key Developments
- Airstrikes in Gaza City targeted the Al-Asala residential building, killing five people, including Christian church volunteers Maisa Abu Dawood and Mary Najjar, and academic Yasmin al-Boubou.
- Israeli forces reportedly targeted Ali al-Amoudi, a senior Hamas political official, in the Gaza City apartment strike, though casualties among top leaders remain unconfirmed.
- On October 7, 2026, attacks killed at least four Palestinians, including Civil Defense volunteer Mohammed Tammous near Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.
- The Israeli military claimed Tammous was a Hamas sniper, an accusation contrasting with Palestinian Civil Defense accounts identifying him as a humanitarian rescue worker.
- Over 1,400 Palestinians and between four to seven Israeli soldiers have died since the October 2025 ceasefire deal was enacted, while total fatalities in Gaza since 2023 exceed 74,200.
// Timeline
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Strikes across Gaza City and Khan Younis kill five and wound 19, hitting a bus and residential spaces; mass vigils are held for recovered war dead.
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An overnight strike hits the Al-Asala apartment building in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, killing five people, including two Christian women and university lecturer Yasmin al-Boubou, in an alleged attempt to kill Hamas official Ali al-Amoudi.
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An Israeli strike on a civilian vehicle in central Gaza kills one person and wounds 11 others.
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On the third anniversary of the war, Israeli strikes kill four Palestinians, including volunteer medic Mohammed Tammous near Kamal Adwan Hospital and two people near Khan Younis.
// Perspectives
[Israel Defense Forces & Israeli Government]
Maintains that ongoing military operations specifically target Hamas operatives and leadership who pose immediate threats, plan attacks, and systematically violate the ceasefire agreement.
[Palestinian Civilians and Gaza Health Officials]
Accuses Israel of persistent ceasefire violations, carrying out daily attacks against residential homes and civilians, and weaponizing blockades that keep Gaza displaced and uninhabitable.
[Hamas]
Denies rearming or planning attacks in violation of the truce, characterizes October 7 as a historic milestone against blockade, and refuses full disarmament while Israeli attacks and troop presence persist.
[International Observers (e.g., Ireland DFA)]
Condemns both the original Hamas October 7 atrocities and ongoing civilian displacement and casualties in Gaza, demanding adherence to peace frameworks and unhindered humanitarian aid.
// Quotes
“Mohammed Tamous was critically wounded last night while rushing to the aid of the injured in the area of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, and his death was announced this morning.”
“Today, al-Amoudi is the most senior Hamas figure in the Gaza Strip and is directly involved in Hamas's terror activities and in rebuilding the organisation for war. The terrorist was struck in order to remove the threat.”
“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.”
“This was a colossal failure of the state of Israel, which was established to defend Jews in our land.”
