Middle East and Africa
At least 1,127 Palestinians had been killed since the truce took effect last October, according to Gaza's health ministry.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on July 16, 2026. Violence has continued in Gaza despite the ceasefire. (AFP/Eyad Baba)
Gaza's civil defense agency and a hospital said an Israeli airstrike on Friday killed eight people near a market, while the military reported it had struck a "terrorist cell".A ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, but it has not halted violence in Gaza, and efforts to secure a lasting agreement to end the war have stalled.
"Eight people were killed after Israeli warplanes struck a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza," the civil defence agency, which operates as a rescue service under Hamas, reported.
