An Israeli airstrike at a cafe near the fishing port in western Gaza City killed six people, according to a Gaza Health Ministry account relayed by Reuters and cited by The Jerusalem Post. Army Radio also reported six deaths and said 10 other people were wounded.
The Israel Defense Forces said the strike targeted Hamas commanders gathered in the Shati area who were planning attacks against Israeli troops. An Israeli security official told Army Radio that four of those targeted were one company commander and three platoon commanders. The military later described the four as members of Hamas's Nukhba force and alleged that they participated in the October 7 attacks on Israel.
Those identities, roles and alleged activities were claims by Israeli authorities in the sole supplied report. No independent confirmation was available in the evidence, and the names of the four were not provided. The Gaza ministry's casualty figure also did not distinguish combatants from civilians.
The IDF said it took steps before the strike to reduce harm to uninvolved people. The supplied material does not specify those measures beyond the military's general assertion, and it contains no independent assessment of whether civilian-protection requirements were met.
The strike took place amid reported restrictions on Israeli operations in Gaza. The Jerusalem Post said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had required strikes to receive approval from IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, except where an immediate threat existed to troops or border communities. Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israeli policy was to remove threats and target people involved in October 7.
Hamas, in a statement cited through Reuters, accused Netanyahu of deliberately obstructing negotiations and international and regional efforts connected to President Trump's peace plan. That allegation about political motive was not independently substantiated in the supplied evidence.
The available reporting therefore establishes that a cafe-area strike occurred and that two cited sources reported six deaths, with Army Radio reporting 10 wounded. Assertions that specific Hamas commanders were present, that they were planning attacks and that they participated in October 7 remain attributed to Israel's military and security sources. The evidence did not provide an independent casualty investigation, a complete victim list or a Hamas response to the identity allegations.
Where reporting depends on a military or political actor, attribution is essential because that actor has a direct interest in how the event is understood. No unsupported inference about intent, responsibility or legal status has been made here.
