Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1618 EAT on Tuesday 1 September 2026

At least four people have been killed and several others wounded in Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, health officials said.

At least three people, including two children, were killed and eight others wounded in an Israeli drone strike in the al-Kateeba district, west of Gaza City, on Tuesday morning, according to a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital who spoke to Al Jazeera.

Images shared online showed smoke billowing into the sky, accompanied by the sound of successive explosions following the attack.

Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud said he counted at least 13 drones in the area at the time of the attack.

“For 35 minutes, there were nonstop attacks involving drones, three of them hovering at a dangerously low level,” he said.

“Security personnel on the ground say they spotted a group of special forces who got into a direct exchange of fire. But the aerial coverage was so intense. The situation was very chaotic.”

In central Gaza, a separate Israeli attack in Deir el-Balah killed at least one person, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said in a statement, without providing further details.

The Israeli military said it had struck several targets in Gaza, claiming the attacks were aimed at eliminating threats to its forces.

Israeli television station Channel 12 reported that explosions were heard across the Gaza Strip, while the Palestinian news network Quds reported that missiles and quadcopter drones were used in the attacks.

Israel has killed at least 1,320 Palestinians and wounded more than 4,300 others since the so-called “ceasefire” in Gaza took effect in October 2025.

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