The attack occurred around 4 a.m. in a residential block near the Abu Talal junction during a period that critics described as a so-called ceasefire. Israel stated the strike targeted a member of Hamas but provided no evidence for the claim; the blast killed two Palestinians. The incident has been cited by observers as a contrast to claims by Donald Trump that "there is very little happening" in Gaza, appearing alongside reports of Israeli settler attacks on a mosque in the West Bank.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Israeli Strike Leaves 2.5 Year Old Sole Survivor of Gaza Family
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Medical staff at Al-Shifa Hospital are treating Maryam Ahmed Mahmoud Ghanem for 2nd and 3rd degree burns and smoke inhalation after a military bombardment of her home on October 14. The child, who is 2.5 years old, is now an orphan and the sole survivor of her immediate family after an Israeli airstrike killed her mother, Reem Asaad Awad. Born in February 2024, Maryam had already lost her father, Ahmad Mahmoud Ghanem, to an Israeli strike in November 2023, and was rescued from a burning building in the Rimal neighborhood by journalist Ali Al-Jaafarawi.
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