Seven killed in Gaza as Israel hits university campus and other locations

What happened

Al Jazeera Gaza reports that seven Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday, including three security guards killed in a second air strike on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City within hours. An earlier drone strike on the campus injured seven female students, one seriously enough to require transfer to a field hospital.

Outside Brief is treating this as a source-led account. Any disputed responsibility, casualty figure, battlefield claim or single-source assertion should be treated as unconfirmed/hearsay unless confirmed by another reliable source or a named official. The correspondent at the scene described severe destruction and graphic aftermath, with bloodstains and flesh debris mixed with burning concrete. The Islamic University’s main buildings were mostly already destroyed prior to these attacks, with most facilities partially standing or ruined.

Additional fatalities from Israeli shelling were reported by the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, where two people died in Khan Younis and several others, including a child, were wounded. A drone strike east of Deir el-Balah killed one person, and another person was killed in an attack near Hamad Hospital in northern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.

Known from the source

• Seven Palestinians killed across Gaza on Sunday, including three security guards at the Islamic University in Gaza City.
• An initial drone strike on the university campus injured seven female students, one seriously.
• Two people killed in southern Gaza near Khan Younis; a child and others wounded.
• One person killed in a drone strike east of Deir el-Balah; another killed near Hamad Hospital in northern Gaza.
• 95% of Gaza’s higher education facilities are reported by UNESCO as damaged or destroyed since October 2023.

What remains unclear

The Popular Resistance Committees condemned the university attacks and called on international mediators and guarantors to intervene to stop what they termed Israeli violations. UNESCO notes nearly 95% of Gaza’s higher education buildings have been damaged or destroyed since October 2023.

What remains unclear: Confirm whether the central claim is corroborated; until then treat it as unconfirmed/hearsay. Exact attribution and timing of all reported deaths and injuries across Gaza locations. Verification of casualty figures and injury severity. Details around the reported strikes on the Islamic University and other sites.

Evidence note

This story contains report-led claims. The article keeps those claims attributed and treats them as unconfirmed/hearsay unless independently corroborated.

Original source: Al Jazeera Gaza. Open the source.