Israel killed 16 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 48 hours and wounded 68 more, the Health Ministry said. Israeli forces shot dead a man in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, before dawn on Friday, and a double-tap strike in Deir al-Balah hit civilians who had gone to help the victims of an earlier attack.

An Israeli drone killed two people and seriously wounded others near Abu Sharkh roundabout, west of Jabalia camp, while Israeli artillery shelled the south of Khan Younis. A drone strike killed Ramzi Abu Taim east of the Synagogue area in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis. Israeli artillery also shelled the area around the al-Qastal Towers residential complex, east of Deir al-Balah, and wounded people taken to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and shelled eastern Gaza City. In all, Israeli attacks killed six Palestinians and wounded around 20 on Friday.

Mohammed al-Jazzar was buried after he died of wounds from Israel's earlier bombing of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. We reported that Israel bombed the hospital's surgery building, killing a surgeon and five others. Doctors have since operated on their colleague Dr Mohammed al-Adini inside the complex, wounded in that strike.

A nine-month-old baby died of the cold, the ministry said, bringing the toll of deaths from severe cold to 11. The UN and its humanitarian partners say the deadly rainstorms, which killed children and adults and flooded thousands of family tents, were preventable, and that Israel's restrictions on supplies and access kept the winter plan from being carried out. More than 150,000 tents are still held outside Gaza. About 950,000 displaced people live in areas at risk of flooding, 400,000 of them in the most dangerous locations.

Since the so-called ceasefire of 11 October 2025, Israel has killed 1,643 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 5,964, and 850 more bodies have been recovered. Since October 2023 it has killed 74,695. The full count is on our Gaza record.