Israel–Palestine–Lebanon

Palestinian news accounts report an Israeli drone strike on Al-Samasma Street in Khan Younis killed a man aged 60

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Shms News reported in a post published at 09:19 UTC on 7 October 2026 that an Israeli drone strike on the roof of a house belonging to the al-Amoudi family on Al-Samasma Street in the Khan Younis camp killed a man it identified as the elderly Hisham Ibrahim Musa Abu Mustafa, aged 60. A separate account posted at 10:25 UTC, citing Palestinian sources, reported three injuries in the strike on the same house roof in western Khan Younis, and an account posted at 10:35 UTC described the same man as killed by an Israeli drone in the Khan Younis camp. The fatality was reported in Arabic by Palestinian local accounts; no Israeli account was available to this report.

Reported by Palestinian local news accounts in Arabic; no Israeli account was read.

  • Fatalities: Low 1 · Best 1 · High 1 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Shms News report of an Israeli drone strike on a house roof on Al-Samasma Street in Khan Younis camp, Account of the death of Hisham Ibrahim Musa Abu Mustafa in an Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis camp · One man killed, identified as Hisham Ibrahim Musa Abu Mustafa, aged 60.
  • Injuries: Low 3 · Best 3 · High 3 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Account of three injuries in the Israeli strike on a house roof on Al-Samasma Street · Three injured, according to the account citing Palestinian sources, while other posts referred to 'a number of injured' without a figure.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Shms News report of an Israeli drone strike on a house roof on Al-Samasma Street in Khan Younis camp, Account of three injuries in the Israeli strike on a house roof on Al-Samasma Street

The reports come from Palestinian local news accounts posting in Arabic, which attribute the strike to an Israeli drone. The accounts cite local and medical sources but no official Israeli statement was read for this report, and the numbers of injured differed between early and later posts while rescue and medical work continued.