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Medical sources in Gaza said a six-year-old girl succumbed to gunshot wounds she received while in her family’s displacement tent in Wadi al-Salqa south of Deir al-Balah on October 4 with a young Palestinian man also killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near al-Hawouz. The two attacks injured 10 others the sources added as part of a series of incidents that unfolded across the territory that day. Palestinian authorities described the deaths as the latest in a string of casualties that have accumulated despite a ceasefire in place since last year.
In Gaza City an Israeli airstrike near the Engineers’ Syndicate in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood left several people injured according to the same reports from medical and local sources. Naval vessels fired toward the coastline while artillery targeted areas in Khan Younis including Bir 19 in Al-Mawasi and eastern Hamad City though immediate casualty figures from those actions were not available. The shelling affected zones where displaced civilians have sought refuge in tent encampments.
These latest deaths raised the Palestinian toll since the ceasefire began on October 11 2025 to 1,446 Gaza health authorities said with more than 5,060 people injured and 835 bodies recovered from rubble and other sites during the same timeframe. The figures reflect a period in which sporadic violence has persisted even as major ground operations have subsided. The ceasefire was brokered to end the intense phase of hostilities that erupted in October 2023.
A Reuters assessment placed the overall number of Palestinians killed in the conflict since October 2023 at more than 73,000 citing Gaza health officials while the initial Hamas-led attack on southern Israel claimed about 1,200 lives according to Israeli data. The post-ceasefire period alone has seen over 1,400 deaths by some counts that align closely with the local tallies. Health officials have noted that women and children make up a significant portion of the casualties.
The Israeli military typically states that its operations in Gaza are directed at militant targets and has not issued an immediate response to inquiries about the central Gaza incidents on October 4. In prior cases the military has said it takes measures to avoid civilian harm while pursuing security objectives. Palestinian medical teams have nonetheless reported a steady flow of victims from such engagements arriving at hospitals like Al-Aqsa Martyrs.
Displacement areas in central Gaza such as Wadi al-Salqa have proven especially susceptible to these kinds of attacks with families in tents exposed to both direct fire and aerial operations local sources observed. The cumulative effect has placed additional pressure on already overburdened health facilities that continue to treat both new injuries and complications from earlier wounds. Gaza authorities have repeatedly called attention to the conditions facing residents who remain unable to return to their original homes.
