An Israeli airstrike hit a multistory residential building in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 25 Palestinians and wounding 40, according to Palestinian medical officials cited by The Associated Press. Most of the injured were children, the hospital officials said.
Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the center reported receiving a combined 25 bodies from the Nuseirat attack. Images sent from the scene showed a building reduced to charred and twisted rubble as people searched through debris and rescuers looked for additional victims. The possibility that people remained trapped meant the initial toll could change.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the Nuseirat strike, according to the supplied report. That absence left unanswered questions about the intended target and the military's assessment of civilian harm. Israel has said more broadly that its campaign seeks to eliminate Hamas and has accused militants of operating among Gaza's civilian population. Those general claims did not provide a specific explanation for this attack.
The Nuseirat deaths formed part of a wider surge of violence. AP reported that strikes across Gaza had killed at least 54 Palestinians since late Wednesday night. Earlier on Thursday, medical officials had counted at least 28 deaths, including seven children and a woman, in several attacks. Because those figures covered different locations and reporting windows, they should not be treated as separate totals that can simply be added together.
Other strikes killed 15 men associated with local aid-coordination committees, according to officials at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Eight were killed near Rafah and seven in Khan Younis. The committees, established by displaced Palestinians and the Hamas-run Interior Ministry, were intended to help secure aid convoys facing looting, hoarding and profiteering.
The attack came while U.S. national security officials were in the region for renewed discussions aimed at achieving a ceasefire and the release of hostages held by Hamas. The diplomatic effort followed a United Nations General Assembly vote demanding an immediate ceasefire. The resolution passed 158-9, with 13 abstentions, but General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding.
The supplied AP evidence supports a Nuseirat toll of at least 25 killed and 40 wounded, rather than the higher figures in the packet's preliminary discovery note. This report therefore uses the hospital-based count and clearly attributes it to Palestinian medics. With rescue work continuing and no immediate Israeli military account, both the final casualty number and the circumstances of the strike remained unsettled. The hospital count remained the clearest available measure in the evidence reviewed.
