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Israeli strikes kills at least 15 people in Gaza, including two kids and an Al Jazeera cameraman
Mourners take the last look at the bodies of two Palestinian girls — Zeina Safadi and her sister Lana, who were killed by an Israeli air strike on their home — during their funeral in Gaza city, June 20, 2026

ISRAELI strikes on Gaza killed at least 15 people, including two children and an Al Jazeera cameraman, Palestinian health officials said over the weekend.

Despite the so-called ceasefire between Israel and the m

ilitant group Hamas signed last October, the enclave has been subjected to near-daily Israeli attacks, killing over a thousand Palestinians.

The first strike on Saturday hit a block of flats in Gaza City around 2am.

The bodies of two sisters, four-year-old Zina and 14-year-old Lana, were sent to Shifa Hospital’s morgue, where they lay in white hospital bags, surrounded by family members.

“I was sitting at home. The rocket fell on us without a warning,” said their cousin, Mohammad Safadi, whose forehead was wounded. He said his wife was also hurt.

“This ceasefire the occupation and the negotiation team speak of… is this really a ceasefire? We are civilians. I never held a weapon,” Mr Safadi said.

On Saturday evening, three Israeli strikes killed four people and wounded at least a dozen others.

The first hit a house in central Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp without warning, killing three people, including Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, according to Al-Aqsa hospital.

Mr Wishah’s brother Mohamed, who was also a correspondent for Al Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli strike in April.

Another strike on Saturday targeted a group of people in the sprawling tent camp of Muwasi in southern Gaza, killing one and wounding eight others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken.

A third strike in Gaza City targeted a group of people and wounded at least four, according to Shifa hospital.

On Sunday, Israel killed at least nine more people in strikes across the enclave, according to the Health Ministry.

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