Gaza death toll reaches 73,658 as Israeli attacks continue

Gaza death toll reaches 73,658 as Israeli attacks continue Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least eight Palestinians were killed and 30 were wounded in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. Two others were killed from wounds inflicted in earlier Israeli attacks. Palestinian man Ismail Ibrahim Qandil was killed when an Israeli air strike targeted the motorbike he was riding northwest of Khan Younis, Wafa reported. According to Gaza’s health ministry, since October 2023, Israel has killed at least 73,658 Palestinians and wounded 174,622 others in Gaza. Israeli forces also continued the attacks and raids throughout Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishing boats off Gaza City, wounding two fishermen. Israeli forces also detained Palestinians in raids in Ramallah, Tulkarem, Nilin and Nablus, while settlers attacked a farming shed, damaged electricity poles and assaulted two Palestinians south of Nablus. Settlers have also started fencing off land in al-Hadidiya in the Jordan Valley, restricting Palestinians’ access to agricultural areas. A rescuer searches for survivors amid rubble following an overnight Israeli airstrike on Kfar Roummane, southern Lebanon, 7 September 2026. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)