A Palestinian woman and a child have been killed, and at least 22 more people wounded in an Israeli air strike targeting a camp for displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis.
The lethal bombardment struck the Ghaith camp sheltering displaced Palestinians, directly killing a 31-year-old woman and a six-year-old girl, while the majority of the 20 others wounded are women and children.
Local eyewitnesses reported that the munitions targeted a cluster of tents inside the densely populated refugee zone, shredding the fragile shelters and causing varying injuries.
This latest tragedy occurred amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in force since October 2025.
According to official figures released by Gaza’s Health Ministry, persistent violations have killed 904 Palestinians and wounded 2,713 others since the nominal truce took effect.
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Total collapse of ‘safe zone’ narrative
The strike on Al-Mawasi is not an isolated incident; it underscores the complete collapse of the “safe zone” narrative across Gaza.
Families are repeatedly ordered by the military to evacuate, pushed into overcrowded canvas tent cities, and then struck again.
In recent days, an Israeli strike in Nuseirat refugee camp killed a mother, father, and their one-year-old baby, while a pre-dawn strike on Monday in the Maghazi refugee camp wounded two more Palestinians inside their home.
Al-Mawasi itself—despite being widely designated as a humanitarian refuge zone—has been repeatedly hit, making burned tents and wounded children the defining reality of a landscape where nowhere is safe.
