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At least 37 Palestinians killed in Gaza over the past week

Those killed include a couple in their flat behind al-Shifa Hospital, a 17-year-old in Jabalia and a child near Khan Younis, Al Jazeera's weekly round-up says.

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The Al-Shifa medical complex after the 2023-2025 war, February 2025
The Al-Shifa medical complex after the 2023-2025 war, February 2025. Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 2025. Photo: Jaber Jehad Badwan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
37killed in the past weekAl Jazeera
5,608wounded since the ceasefireGaza Health Ministry

At least 37 Palestinians were killed in Gaza in the week to 26 October, according to Al Jazeera's weekly round-up. Among them were Akram Yassin and his wife, Dina Abu Bakr, killed on Tuesday when a strike hit their apartment behind al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Rafif Raed Lubad, 17, was shot in the head in Jabalia, and a child, Majdi Mohammad Fakhri Hassan, was shot near the Happy City resort south of Khan Younis. WAFA reported that Fatima Abu Laban was killed in Tal al-Dhahab, north-west of Beit Lahiya, on Saturday.

The Gaza Health Ministry recorded 1,559 people killed and 5,608 wounded since the October 2025 ceasefire, and 74,555 killed since October 2023. Israel has said four of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the truce began, according to AFP.

Where this comes from

  1. Al Jazeera via Yahoo (Palestine weekly)2026-10-27 · www.yahoo.com

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