The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to kill Palestinian civilians throughout the Gaza Strip through repeated attacks by drones and warplanes, as well as direct gunfire targeting civilian gatherings and displacement tents. These recurring attacks follow a consistent pattern that continues to claim the lives of increasing numbers of civilians, including children and displaced people. Through these attacks, Israel seeks to destroy what remains of civilian life in the Gaza Strip.
Over the past few days, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)’s field researchers have documented the continued targeting of civilians while they were moving about or present in their homes, displacement tents, and public spaces, as well as the assassination of relief workers and the ongoing targeting of police officers and personnel. These attacks reflect Israel’s systematic policy of expanding the scope of killings and instilling fear among the civilian population.
PCHR views with the utmost concern the IOF’s targeting of a civilian vehicle carrying Mohammed al-Wheidi, Director of Public Relations at the Egyptian Committee in the Gaza Strip, killing him and other civilians. The attack occurred while the Egypt–Argentina match was underway during the World Cup, as al-Wheidi was supervising preparations for a public screening of the match. This raises serious concerns that the IOF’s targeting extends beyond the killing of Palestinians to the deliberate destruction of even the limited spaces and moments of normal life and collective joy available to Gaza’s besieged population. By targeting individuals and initiatives that provide these rare opportunities, Israel appears to be pursuing a policy aimed at destroying the remaining manifestations of civilian life and keeping the population in a constant state of fear and deprivation.
Taken together, these developments demonstrate the IOF’s continued implementation of systematic policies aimed at destroying the conditions necessary for life in the Gaza Strip. Through widespread killings, largescale destruction, and repeated forced displacement, the IOF continue to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to make the territory uninhabitable, thereby reinforcing the material elements of the crime of genocide. They further demonstrate that the crimes being committed are not limited to targeting individuals but are directed against the continued existence of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip as a whole.
Among the most significant incidents documented by PCHR’s field researchers since last Friday are the following:
At approximately 17:30 on Tuesday, 7 July 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a civilian vehicle travelling through al-Sabrah neighborhood in Gaza City. As a result, four Palestinians were killed, including two sibling children. The victims were identified as Mohammed ‘Arafah Fawwaz ‘Abdullah al-Wheidi (65), Director of Public Relations at the Egyptian Committee in the Gaza Strip, and Ahmed Jehad Rajab Doghmosh (30), both of whom were inside the vehicle; and Hamzah ‘Abdullah al-Deiri (12) and his brother Fadi (8), who were passing by at the time of the attack. Fadi succumbed to his injuries the following morning, Wednesday, 8 July 2026. Several other people were also injured.
At approximately 09:30 on the same day, IOF stationed within the Yellow Zone in western Rafah opened sustained fire until 15:00 on displacement tents in western al-Mawasi, Rafah. As a result, ‘Alaa’ Sabri Soliman Breikah (46) was killed, and ten other people were injured.
At around 11:00 on Monday, 6 July 2026, an Israeli drone attacked by a missile people gathered in western al-Mawasi Khan Younis. As a result, Ziad Zakaria Mohammed al-Lahham (43) and Ashraf Zuheir Rajab al-‘Amasi (27) were killed while four others were injured, including a child and two women.
At approximately 08:30, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a civilian SUV travelling on al-Rashid Street near Street 5, northwest of al-Mawasi Khan Younis. As a result, Hamoudah ‘Izzat ‘Ali Abu Daqqah (40) was killed, and several others sustained varying injuries. The injured were transferred to field hospitals, while Abu Daqqah’s body was taken to Nasser Medical Complex.
At approximately 02:35 on the same day, an Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a residential apartment in a building belonging to the Doghmosh family, east of the Jordanian Hospital in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, Gaza City. As a result, Fadi Falah ‘Ashour Doghmosh (42) and his wife, Reham Rashid ‘Ashour Doghmosh (37), were killed. Several residents of the building sustained varying injuries, and the targeted apartment sustained extensive damage.
At approximately 18:40 on Sunday, 5 July 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at people gathered near al-Samer Intersection on ‘Omar al-Mukhtar Street in Gaza City. As a result, Jawhar ‘Abed Mohammed al-Bal’awi (50) and Ahmed Yahya Ibrahim al-Batsh (33) were killed.
At approximately 19:55 on Saturday, 4 July 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at people gathered near Abu Sharkh Square, west of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. As a result, Huthayfah Hussein ‘Abdullah al-Hawajri (20) was killed, and several others sustained injuries ranging from moderate to serious.
At approximately 15:30 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a motorcycle ridden by Mohammed Najeeb Mohammed ‘Ashour (40) as he was travelling near ‘Asqoulah intersection in al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City. He was killed instantly.
At approximately 12:00 on Friday, 3 July 2026, an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a group of children behind the Omari Mosque on ‘Omar al-Mukhtar Street in Gaza City. As a result, Ahmed Salim Totah (13) was killed, and his brother, ‘Abdel Karim (6), sustained moderate injuries.
At approximately 19:53 on Thursday, 2 July 2026, an Israeli drone targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons in Ghaith Camp, northwest of al-Mawasi Khan Younis. As a result, three Palestinians were killed: Yousef Qassem Mohammed Abu Khater (57), Mahmoud ‘Abdel Razzaq Mohammed al-Brim (43), and his brother Ahmed Abdel Razzaq Mohammed al-Brim (46), both were police officers. Several other displaced persons sustained varying injuries, some of them serious. The injured were initially transferred to field hospitals and later to Nasser Medical Complex.
The recurrent attacks carried out by the IOF against civilian gatherings, civilian vehicles, displacement tents, inhabited homes, and children in public spaces demonstrate a consistent pattern of unlawful attacks on civilians, in violation of the principles of distinction and military necessity. These attacks form part of the ongoing acts of genocide.
PCHR reiterates its call on the international community to take urgent action to end the ongoing mass killings of Palestinian civilians, ensure their international protection, hold Israeli leaders accountable through international justice mechanisms, and put an end to the prevailing culture of impunity that has enabled these crimes to continue and escalate.
