Israeli fire injures Palestinians in Gaza on 13 October; one reported killed in drone strike

Centre · 1Three Palestinians, including a woman, were injured by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday 13 October, according to a medical source quoted by Anadolu Agency. 1 Centre · 1In Khan Younis, a woman was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Hamad City and another Palestinian was injured near Al-Amal Hospital; local sources said Israeli military vehicles fired heavily toward homes and tents sheltering displaced people. 1 Centre · 1In Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, medics said a Palestinian sustained moderate injuries from gunfire near Kamal Adwan Hospital, while the Israeli army blew up evacuated homes and buildings north of the hospital; witnesses reported a powerful explosion and no deaths or injuries. 1

Centre · 1Israeli naval vessels were also reported to have fired machine guns and shells toward the Gaza City coast, with no injuries reported. 2 Mixed · 2Later reports added a fatality: a Palestinian was killed and others injured when an Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the Al-Mashahara area of the Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, according to Anadolu; Arab News, carrying a WAFA report, described the dead person as unidentified. 2 3 Right · 1The WAFA report also said health officials confirmed the death of four-year-old Osama Ahmed Abed, who died of severe injuries sustained three weeks earlier in Israeli shelling of Al-Zawaida, and that gunfire resumed south of Khan Younis with explosions reported in Jabalia. 3

Mixed · 2Figures differ slightly. Anadolu, citing Gaza's Health Ministry, said ceasefire violations had killed 1,493 Palestinians and injured 5,299 since 10 October 2025, as of Monday. The WAFA report in Arab News gave 1,498 deaths and 5,306 injuries since the ceasefire began on 11 October 2025, plus 838 bodies recovered. 2 3 Mixed · 2Overall war tolls are given as more than 74,000 killed and over 175,000 injured since October 2023 by Anadolu, and 74,389 killed and 175,423 injured by medical sources in the Arab News report. 1 3 Right · 1The Arab News piece also cited a Monday Haaretz report in which four serving soldiers of the Israeli army's Military Intelligence Directorate said they were ordered to drop heavy bombs on inhabited residential buildings without prior evacuation warnings. None of the articles carries an Israeli military response to the day's incidents, and the casualty accounts rest on Palestinian medical and local sources. 3