Israeli strikes kill nine in Gaza, including child and journalist

Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least nine people in Gaza, including a child and Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, as violence continued to puncture the ceasefire and keep the enclave under near-daily threat. The casualties were spread across multiple strikes, with initial reports ranging from six dead to nine or more as local counts were updated.

The deadliest reported strike hit the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, where Al Jazeera said Wishah was killed in a bombardment that struck a house. The network said he was its 12th media worker killed during the Gaza war and described the attack as deliberate. Al Jazeera also said Wishah was the brother of Mohammed Wishah, who was killed on April 8, 2026 while traveling in his vehicle.

A separate early-morning strike in Gaza City killed four people, including two women and a child, according to the accounts that emerged from the scene. Other strikes brought the day’s toll higher, with local reports indicating at least three more deaths in Bureij, among them Wishah. The differing totals reflected varying reporting cutoffs and how many strike sites were counted.

The competing narratives sharpened the wider dispute over civilian harm and combatant status. The Jerusalem Post reported that the Israel Defense Forces said Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah was a Hamas sniper operative who also worked as a photojournalist for Al Jazeera. The deaths also landed against a steadily worsening backdrop: more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since the U.S.-brokered ceasefire last October, and the Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 263 journalists and media workers have been killed in the Israel-Gaza war and related regional fighting since Oct. 7, 2023. For reporters in Gaza, the latest killings reinforced how routine the danger has become.