Israel–Palestine–Lebanon

Israeli airstrike on a home in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood kills a woman and a boy, Palestinian outlets report

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Sabra neighbourhood, south of central Gaza City (Al-Sawafiri home near Abdullah Azzam Mosque; building not geolocated — neighbourhood ±1.5 km)
Actors
Israel · Palestine
Importance
Standard

Quds News Network reported on the evening of 8 October 2026 that an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in the Al-Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, killing a woman and a child and injuring several others; an earlier post put the injured at at least six. DropSite News, in its daily round-up, located the strike at the Al-Sawafiri family home near the Abdullah Azzam Mosque in Sabra, named the dead as the boy Hussam Abu Asr and the woman Intisar Abu Asr, and said ten others were wounded. No Israeli military account of this strike was available.

  • Fatalities: Best 2 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Aftermath of Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian home in Al-Sabra, Gaza City: woman and child killed, several injured, At least six Palestinians injured in Israeli strike on residential building in Al-Sabra, south of Gaza City, DropSite News reports 10 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza on Thursday · A woman and a boy killed; both outlets agree.
  • Injuries: Best 10 · Confidence: Estimated · Evidence: DropSite News reports 10 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza on Thursday · Ten wounded per DropSite News; Quds News reported at least six earlier in the evening.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Aftermath of Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian home in Al-Sabra, Gaza City: woman and child killed, several injured, At least six Palestinians injured in Israeli strike on residential building in Al-Sabra, south of Gaza City, DropSite News reports 10 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza on Thursday

Palestinian/independent outlets only (Quds News Network posts and DropSite News round-up); consistent on two killed (a woman and a child) but the injured count differs (at least six per Quds News, ten per DropSite), so the higher figure is attributed rather than combined. No Israeli statement; exact building not geolocated.