Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed three Palestinians, including the director of police investigations in Khan Younis, and injured several others in separate incidents targeting vehicles, security points, and fishermen off the coast.
Israeli aircraft assassinated Lt. Col. Wisam Fayez Abdul‑Hadi, director of the Khan Younis Police Investigations Department, and Sgt. Fadi Abdul‑Mu‘ti Haikal when their jeep was struck by an Israeli drone missile in the Al‑Amal neighborhood west of Khan Younis.
Medical teams at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, confirmed that both men were killed instantly and that eight additional Palestinians were wounded in the same attack. The vehicle was completely destroyed.
Earlier at dawn, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a gathering of Palestinians in Al‑Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and injuring several others.
With the two officers killed in Khan Younis and the civilian killed in Al‑Maghazi, the death toll in Gaza on Sunday rose to three, according to medical and field sources.
In a separate incident off the coast of Gaza City, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen operating within the restricted fishing zone.
Fisherman Salman Hammad Abu ‘Amra was shot in the waist and sustained shrapnel injuries to the face. He was transferred to hospital for treatment, where his condition was described as moderate.
Throughout the morning, Israeli artillery shelled areas east of Khan Younis and Deir al‑Balah, in central Gaza, while drones and warplanes continued to hover over multiple districts.
Local reporters documented damage to agricultural lands, civilian homes, and previously evacuated areas. Civil defense teams reported difficulty reaching some sites due to ongoing drone fire and the destruction of access roads.
Local media noted that Israeli forces have increasingly targeted police officers, civil defense crews, and municipal workers, both at their posts and while traveling in civilian vehicles. Sunday’s assassination in Khan Younis follows a series of similar strikes in recent weeks.
Hospitals in central and southern Gaza—already operating under severe shortages of fuel, medical supplies, and surgical capacity—reported new casualties arriving throughout the morning.
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Doctors at Nasser Medical Complex said the influx of wounded from multiple simultaneous attacks continues to strain already depleted medical teams.
In addition, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that 44 patients and 63 companions — a total of 107 people — were evacuated through the Rafah Border Crossing on Sunday to receive medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip, in coordination with the World Health Organization.
Since the “ceasefire” announced on 11 October 2025, the total number of Palestinians killed has risen to 851, while the number of those injured has reached 2,437. In addition, 770 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble during this period.
The cumulative toll since the beginning of the genocide on 7 October 2023 has now reached 72,737 Palestinians killed and 172,539 injured, according to the latest figures released by the Health Ministry.
