Israel–Palestine–Lebanon

Israeli strike kills three at Gaza’s Islamic University, WAFA reports; Saba describes a second strike

ATTACK
Location
Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza City (GeoNames 8041245 campus reference; second strike site within the campus not geolocated)
Actors
Israel · Palestine
Importance
Standard

WAFA reported that Ashraf Dahlan, Shadi Abu Ataya and Sami Baroud were killed when Israeli forces struck the Islamic University campus in Gaza City on Sunday, with other people wounded. Houthi-run Saba described the fatal attack as a second Israeli airstrike, following an earlier attack that wounded five students. Anadolu, citing medical sources and a university statement, also reported that the fatal campus strike came shortly after a drone strike that injured five students, some critically. Saba names no aircraft type for the second strike. The five injured students belong to the earlier attack and are not added to this event’s toll.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Fatalities and multiple injuries following Israeli bombardment across Gaza since this morning, Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on Gaza University, 6 Palestinians killed, 10 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza

Attributed reporting; the reported consequences and exact incident position have not been independently verified.