![Palestinians mourn as the bodies of those killed are taken from the morgue of Al-Awda Hospital for burial after an Israeli strike targeted civilians gathered outside the Al-Awda Hospital for other Palestinians' funeral, in Jabalia, Gaza, Palestine on July 17, 2026. [Adam Bilal - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AA-20260717-42001966-42001960-EIGHT_PALESTINIANS_KILLED_20_INJURED_IN_ISRAELI_STRIKE_ON_FUNERAL_GATHERING_IN_GAZA-scaled-e1784316897991.jpg)
At least eight Palestinians were killed and 20 others injured Friday when an Israeli drone struck a civilian gathering during the funeral of a Palestinian who had been killed earlier by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, despite a ceasefire, Anadolu reports. The strike raised the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn Friday to 13 and to 25 over the past 72 hours, according to Gaza authorities. Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp said in a statement that it received the bodies of eight people and treated 20 injured after an Israeli strike targeted a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that the drone targeted […]
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