Five Palestinians, including a woman, were killed at dawn Sunday and on Saturday evening in separate Israeli attacks in the southern and central Gaza Strip, as United Nations agencies and human rights organizations warned that conditions in the besieged territory continue to deteriorate amid ongoing bombardment and severe restrictions on humanitarian access.
Medical sources confirmed shortly after midnight that three Palestinians were killed, and several others were wounded in an Israeli bombing in the eastern area of Gaza City.
The sources said the casualties occurred when Israeli warplanes targeted an area near the Shawwa Junction, east of the city.
In Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian woman, Sabah ‘Odah Al‑‘Amour, died of wounds she sustained several days earlier when Israeli forces opened fire near the “Well 19” area south of the city.
Local reporters said she had been critically injured by Israeli army fire during a previous attack and succumbed to her wounds on Saturday evening.
Around the same time, Israeli artillery shelled areas east of Khan Younis, forcing displaced families to flee once again.
In the central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian man was killed, and others were wounded when Israeli forces targeted a civilian vehicle at the entrance to the Maghazi refugee camp east of Deir Al‑Balah.
The injured were transferred to Al‑Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where medical staff reported that several had sustained serious wounds.
The latest attacks in Khan Younis and the Maghazi refugee camp underscore the continued intensity of Israeli military operations across the Gaza Strip, even as international agencies warn that the population is facing conditions they describe as catastrophic and unsustainable.
UN agencies have repeatedly warned that Gaza is facing what they describe as a humanitarian collapse. UNRWA reported in its latest updates that large parts of the Gaza Strip have been rendered uninhabitable, with entire neighborhoods flattened and hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians sheltering in overcrowded schools, damaged buildings, and makeshift tents.
In Gaza’s tent camps, families struggle to cope with the aftermath of the war daily. Rats, debris, and sewage threaten children’s safety, causing injuries and health risks.
Journalist Tareq Abu Azzoum of Al-Jazeera reports pic.twitter.com/iPxFEmz1cc
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 4, 2026
The agency said many of its own facilities have been struck, despite being clearly marked and serving as shelters for civilians.
The UN human rights office said the continued killing of civilians, including women, children, and medical workers, remains “deeply alarming,” stressing that international humanitarian law requires all parties to distinguish between civilians and combatants and to take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian harm.
The office reiterated that attacks on civilian infrastructure, including shelters, hospitals, and aid distribution points, must cease immediately.
URGENT MEDICAL APPEAL: SAVE ARKAN AL-HABEEL
Arkan Al-Habeel, a 2.5-year-old child, is fighting for his life. His fragile body is battling multiple severe conditions:
• Enlarged heart with a hole (Congenital Heart Defect).
• Brain atrophy and severe nerve weakness. pic.twitter.com/ALlKfRxyE6— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) April 4, 2026
UNICEF warned that Gaza has become “one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a child,” noting that thousands of children have been killed or injured since the start of the offensive and that many more face life‑threatening hunger, dehydration, and disease due to the collapse of basic services.
The agency said repeated displacement, lack of clean water, and the destruction of schools have created what it described as a “childhood in ruins.”
Human rights organizations echoed the UN’s concerns, calling for an immediate and sustained ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and unrestricted humanitarian access. They stressed that the scale of destruction and civilian casualties requires independent investigations and accountability for violations of international law.
Medical sources in Gaza said the overall death toll from the Israeli offensive has risen to at least 72,291 Palestinians, with more than 172,068 injured since October 7, 2023.
They added that since the most recent “ceasefire” took effect on October 11 of last year, at least 715 Palestinians have been killed and 1,968 injured, while 756 bodies have been recovered from destroyed neighborhoods.
