Israel strikes Gaza on October 7 anniversary, three dead: officials
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed three Palestinians on Wednesday, according to local officials, as Israel marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
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- Published Date: 02:25 PM 07 October 2026
Israel carried out new strikes in Gaza on Wednesday as it marked the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas, with Palestinian officials reporting three people dead.
Loud bangs across the border in Gaza were audible from the site of the Nova music festival just as family members gathered at dawn to mourn the more than 300 revellers killed three years earlier.
In Gaza City, Al-Shifa hospital reported two people killed in an Israeli strike overnight.
Gaza's civil defence identified one of the dead as Mohamed Tamous and said he was a volunteer for the agency, which serves as an emergency rescue service under Hamas.
In the southern city of Khan Yunis, Nasser Hospital said that a 60-year-old man, Hisham Ibrahim Abu Mustafa, was killed in an Israeli strike and that others were injured.
AFP has asked the Israeli military for comment.
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