Two Palestinians were killed on Sunday evening in an Israeli drone strike targeting the northern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources in the enclave. The strike hit the Al-Salatin area west of Beit Lahia, killing two people and injuring at least one other.
Casualty Toll Continues to Rise
The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has reached 73,054 Palestinians killed and 173,480 injured since October 7, 2023, medical sources reported on Sunday. Over the past 24 hours, hospitals across Gaza received the bodies of three Palestinians killed and 43 injured.
Since the ceasefire began on October 11, 2025, the death toll has reached 1,041, with 3,372 injuries recorded during the same period. Medical teams have recovered 786 bodies from under rubble, but an unknown number of victims remain trapped beneath rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews face difficulties reaching them.
Violence in Israel's Arab Minority Communities
Separately, car bombs and gun attacks killed five members of Israel’s Arab minority on Sunday. Criminal violence has escalated among Israel’s Arab minority in recent years, with gangs extorting residents and business owners for protection and frequently killing those who fail to pay.
In Jaffa, part of the Tel Aviv municipal area, a car bomb killed a man in his 40s, police and emergency services said. Israeli news reports indicated that the blast left the man’s six-year-old son injured. “The background is criminal,” the police said.
A second car bomb struck in Holon, south of Tel Aviv, severely injuring a man who later died at the hospital. The victim had been known to police for his involvement in disputes, said Tel Aviv police district commander Major General Haim Sargarof.
A man was shot dead and another injured in the Arab-majority town of Taybeh in central Israel, in what police described as “apparently a family dispute.” Hours later, two more men were gunned down in the nearby town of Qalansawe, emergency service Magen David Adom reported. “A preliminary inquiry indicates that the background to the incident is apparently a family feud,” police said.
Sunday’s bloodshed pushed the toll of Arab citizens killed in such violence to 142 so far this year, according to the Abraham Initiatives, an Israeli NGO promoting Arab minority inclusion — an 11 percent rise over the same period last year.
