Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed eight people including a young boy Israeli strikes on Gaza killed eight people, including a boy. Qatar's national gas company reported that one of its vessels was struck in the Persian Gulf. The U.N. is calling for an investigation into the death of a staffer who was being held by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday. Read our full coverage here. A strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed five people, according to Nasser Hospital, where the bodies were taken.
Another strike in Gaza City killed three people, including the boy, and seriously wounded a woman, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the casualties. The Israeli military said that it had struck several militants in the southern city of Khan Younis, as well as one Hamas militant in northern Gaza. The war started when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 people.
A ceasefire that took effect in October 2025 has largely halted major fighting, but near-daily Israeli strikes have continued. More than 1,570 Palestinians have been killed since the truce began, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, bringing the overall death toll from the war to more than 74,500. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, doesn't distinguish between civilians and militants.
Israel says the strikes are aimed at militant targets and accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen reported two airstrikes on the University of Hodeida on Sunday, according to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel. The group blamed the strikes on Saudi Arabia, which it says hit the university’s medical school.
There was no immediate word on casualties. The strategic port city of Hodeida has repeatedly come under attack since fighting escalated months ago between the Houthis and Saudi-backed government forces, reigniting Yemen’s devastating civil war. Qatar’s liquefied natural gas shipping company Nakilat said Sunday that one of its vessels was struck by “unidentified objects” while in the Persian Gulf.
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