Overview
- Israeli strikes struck the Islamic University in Gaza City twice, and three university employees or security guards were killed in the later air strike while seven female students were wounded earlier by flying shrapnel.
- The Israeli army said it had been targeting a Hamas military operative and that a munition was diverted after uninvolved people were spotted, and it has opened a review of the incident.
- Local media and medical sources reported that seven to eight Palestinians were killed across the Gaza Strip the same day, with separate deaths recorded in Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah and Jabalia.
- Gaza’s education ministry condemned the campus attacks and warned that nearly 95 percent of higher-education buildings have been damaged, a signal of the sector’s near collapse and the loss of study and work opportunities for students and staff.
- Gaza health authorities released cumulative figures showing heavy civilian tolls since the October 2025 ceasefire, and the university strikes have renewed calls from local groups for international mediators to press for civilian protection and accountability.