GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Oct 25, 2026 (Net) – An Israeli
strike on a university in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, 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.
Al Shifa hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight people who
were wounded in the Gaza City drone strike, with two sources at the Islamic
University saying those killed were administrative staff and the injured were
students.
Gaza’s education ministry said in a statement that the students had been
present for classes.
It went on to condemn the strike and said “the global silence regarding
attacks on students and universities serves as encouragement for the
continuation of these crimes”.
“This strike occurs at a time when the higher education sector is facing
total annihilation, with 95 percent of the buildings belonging to academic
institutions having been damaged as a result of the war,” it continued.
“This heinous assault is part of a continuous series of attacks on education;
over the past six days, 10 students and educators have been killed by the
occupation’s fire.”
A truce has been in effect in Gaza for over a year, but has failed to
completely halt the violence there.
Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said four other people were
killed on Sunday, two in an airstrike in the southern city of Khan Yunis, one
in central Deir al Balah and one in the north of the Strip.
