Israeli attacks kill at least five people in Gaza on Wednesday, including two brothers sheltering in a tent, medics and reporters say
Israeli attacks killed at least five Palestinians across Gaza on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reports, including two brothers killed in a strike on a tent sheltering displaced people in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood. Reuters, reporting from medics, counted three people killed in Gaza City, including the two brothers, and said the Israeli military said it had struck militants in both areas it reported on. The attacks came as the UN's aid chief demanded winter supplies be let into Gaza without more delay, saying more than 150,000 tents are waiting outside the Strip for permission to enter.
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Key points
- Two brothers, Mahmoud and Jamil Al-Absi, were killed in a strike on a tent in Sheikh Radwan; the Israeli military says it struck militants in the areas it reported on.
- The day's toll is disputed: Al Jazeera reports at least five killed across Gaza; Reuters counted three in Gaza City.
- The UN aid chief says more than 150,000 tents are waiting outside Gaza for permission to enter, and calls further delay 'not an acceptable excuse'.
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- About 70,000 tents were flooded in the weekend rains, Gaza's Government Media Office says.
What happened
Wednesday's attacks continue a pattern of near-daily strikes since the ceasefire that took effect in October 2025; on Tuesday, Israeli fire killed seven people in Gaza, including a father and his 13-year-old son. At the same time, Gaza's displaced families are facing winter in tents: the first storm of the season flooded camps across the Strip at the weekend, and the UN says the supplies needed to shelter people properly are bought and waiting, but not yet allowed in.
What we know / what we don't know yet
What we know
- That a strike on a tent in Sheikh Radwan killed two brothers, and a rooftop strike in Gaza City killed another man, medics and health officials say.
- That the Israeli military says it struck militants in both areas.
- That the UN aid chief has publicly demanded winter supplies be let in without more delay, and that more than 150,000 tents are waiting outside Gaza, the UN says.
What we don't know yet
- The settled total for Wednesday — Al Jazeera reports at least five killed across Gaza, Reuters counted three in Gaza City, and the counts have not been reconciled.
- Who the Israeli military says it targeted in the Sheikh Radwan and rooftop strikes — it gave no further details.
- How many of the waiting tents will be approved to enter, and when.
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Why this label: Reuters' report from Cairo on Wednesday, based on medics and health officials; Al Jazeera's reporting from Gaza City describes the same tent strike in Sheikh Radwan, where displaced people were inspecting the damage to the al-Absi family's tent. The military's account is carried as its position.
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Why this label: The two reports agree on the Gaza City strikes but count the day differently: Al Jazeera's five includes deaths in al-Bureij and al-Nasr that Reuters' report does not cover. Neither count is carried here as settled.
On the ladder: credible sources conflict, so we show both workings. One side's own statement is that side's position — never proof.
Why this label: Fletcher's own statement, published by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — his words are the primary source for what he said.
On the ladder: a claim earns Verified from primary evidence, or from two independent sources that do not copy each other.
Why this label: Haq's figures were given at the UN's own briefing, as reported from that briefing; the UNICEF and Government Media Office figures and Tajani's announcement are reported by Al Jazeera, with each figure attributed to its source.
On the ladder: a claim earns Verified from primary evidence, or from two independent sources that do not copy each other.
Why this label: The running toll since the ceasefire as reported by Reuters, attributed to Gaza's health officials, with Israel's figure for its own soldiers stated alongside.
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Why it matters
People are being killed in the tents the world can see are also flooding. The strikes test the ceasefire day by day, while the argument over tents and winter supplies is about whether the shelter that already exists outside Gaza will reach the families living in what remains of their shelter inside it.
Background
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A ceasefire takes effect in Gaza; near-daily strikes and fire continue, and Gaza's health officials put the number killed since it began at more than 1,600.
Gaza's first winter storm floods about 70,000 tents sheltering displaced families.
Israeli fire kills seven people in Gaza on Tuesday, including a father and his 13-year-old son, medics say.
Wednesday's strikes kill at least five people on Al Jazeera's reporting, and the UN aid chief demands winter supplies be let in without more delay.
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Published in Checking state — the Gaza City strikes are confirmed by two reports, and the day's overall toll is disputed between them.