A Palestinian man was killed, and several others were wounded, on Wednesday when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of residents in Jabalia town in the northern Gaza Strip.
The men had returned to what was left of their neighborhood to clear the rubble of a destroyed home. Instead, they found themselves under fire again — a scene that has become painfully familiar across Gaza despite the ceasefire announced in October.
Medical teams said the drone struck as residents were lifting debris on Old Gaza Street, killing one man, Abdul‑Jalil Jonaid, instantly and injuring several others. Family members said Abdul‑Jalil was preparing to be engaged in two days.
Ambulance crews transported the wounded to nearby hospitals, where doctors continue to work with almost no supplies, damaged equipment, and exhausting shifts that have stretched into months.
Residents told reporters that the neighborhood had already been hit several times in previous attacks. Families were trying to recover whatever belongings they could, or searching for missing relatives, when the drone fired.
Civil defense workers described the strike as another blow to a community already struggling to survive, saying it targeted people who were “just trying to put their lives back together.”
Al‑Jazeera correspondents reported additional Israeli attacks throughout the day. In northern Gaza, artillery fire struck areas east of Beit Hanoun and the outskirts of Jabalia refugee camp, damaging homes and pushing families deeper into already overcrowded neighborhoods.
In central Gaza, shelling near the Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps left several people wounded.
In the south, Israeli drones and artillery targeted farmland east of Khan Younis and Rafah, damaging crops and temporary shelters used by displaced families.
لا تتوقف عن الحديث عن #غزة
فغزة ما زالت تعاني كل يوم pic.twitter.com/tBcycSZqQQ— غزة الآن – Gaza Now (@nowgnna) April 22, 2026
UNRWA said on Wednesday that the situation across the Gaza Strip is sliding toward what it called “an irreversible humanitarian collapse.”
The agency reported that several of its shelters and facilities in northern and central Gaza were damaged in recent days, forcing displaced families to move yet again.
UNRWA added that more than a million Palestinians are now living in overcrowded shelters or makeshift tents with limited access to clean water, food, or medical care.
More than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza are effectively held hostage by Israel and the United States, under @nmladenov’s oversight and silence of mediators.
Even basic humanitarian relief—without any political horizon—is being conditioned on surrendering means that could… pic.twitter.com/11PxlySVjh
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) April 21, 2026
The Health Ministry reported that 786 Palestinians have been killed and 2,217 injured since the “ceasefire” was announced on October 11, 2025.
Civil defense teams have also recovered 761 bodies from under the rubble during this period. Officials say many more remain trapped in areas rescue crews cannot reach because of destroyed roads, ongoing fire, and the lack of heavy machinery.
The cumulative toll since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023, stands at 72,562 Palestinians killed and 172,320 injured, though health authorities warn that the real number is likely higher due to the large number of missing people.
Humanitarian groups say the destruction across Gaza is vast and still growing. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened, schools and public buildings reduced to rubble, and families displaced multiple times.
Aid organizations warn that without a sustained halt to Israeli attacks and full access for humanitarian relief, more Palestinians will die not only from bombardment but from hunger, dehydration, and untreated wounds.
