In brief
Local and medical reports say four Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on October 28. Strikes targeted a checkpoint run by the Hamas‑run Crossings and Borders Authority in Rafah and a group in Al‑Bayouk, Khan Younis. The Gaza health agency reports the death toll has risen to 1,568 since the 2025 ceasefire.
Four Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday, Oct. 28, according to Palestinian medical and local sources.
Local reports said an Israeli drone fired a missile at a checkpoint operated by the Hamas‑run Crossings and Borders Authority in the Mawasi area of Rafah, in southern Gaza. At least three people were killed and several others wounded, the sources said, with victims working for the agriculture, economy and general petroleum and gas authorities in Gaza.
Separately, a Palestinian was killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck a group of people in the Al‑Bayouk neighborhood in central Khan Younis, also in southern Gaza, according to medical sources. The strike injured some civilians, some seriously.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military about the strikes.
Gaza’s health authorities released a daily report stating that the Palestinian death toll since the ceasefire that took effect in October 2025 has risen to 1,568, with 5,649 others wounded. The cumulative death toll since Oct. 7, 2023, has reached 74,564, with 175,770 wounded, according to the authorities.
