CAIRO: Israeli fire killed one person in a car in Gaza City and at least two others in ​other parts of the enclave on Thursday, health officials there said.

A ‌crowd gathered around the burning wreckage in Gaza City's Tal Al-Hawa neighbourhood as orange-vested emergency workers sprayed it with water, photos from the scene showed.

Another strike killed ​a Palestinian man on a bike in the southern ​city of Khan Younis, and gunfire killed a woman ⁠near the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north, the medics added.

Palestinians gather around the remains of a vehicle after it was hit by an Israeli strike, according to health officials, in Gaza City, October 22, 2026. (Reuters)
Palestinians gather around the remains of a vehicle after it was hit by an Israeli strike, according to health officials, in Gaza City, October 22, 2026. (Reuters)

The ​Israeli military said they had struck a Hamas militant in Khan ​Younis, without giving further details. The military added they were still checking reports of the strikes in Jabalia and Gaza City's Tal Al-Hawa suburb.

Israel, which ​says the Hamas militant group has been rearming and launching ​attacks in violation of a year-old ceasefire, has stepped up strikes on the group ‌in ⁠recent weeks.

Hamas has denied trying to carry out attacks or rebuild its arsenal and accuses Israel of undermining the Gaza peace deal.

Last year's US-brokered ceasefire calls for eventual reconstruction of the territory. But ​little progress has ​been made ⁠as negotiators have failed to agree terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its troops.

Israeli ​airstrikes have continued. At least 1,500 Palestinians have ​been ⁠killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, according to the territory's health officials, while Israel says four soldiers have been killed.

Palestinian authorities say more ⁠than ​74,000 people have been killed in Israel's ​assault on Gaza, launched after Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel ​on October 7, 2023.