Overview
- A 16-year-old girl identified as Raghad Hassan Ashour was killed in Gaza City’s Rimal district while walking to an 11th‑grade exam, relatives and local reporting said.
- The Israeli military said the strike was aimed at a Hamas militant and acknowledged a claim that an uninvolved person was harmed.
- Video and medical responders showed destroyed vehicles, rescue workers, bloodstains, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society reported three other people injured at the scene.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry reports more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since the October ceasefire, showing that strikes and casualties have continued despite the truce.
- The killing has deepened pressure on mediators in Cairo and underlines how ongoing operations are disrupting daily life, limiting aid access, and increasing fear among civilians in Gaza.