Israeli air strike kills one in northern Gaza

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People walk past tents sheltering displaced Palestinians amid the ruins left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Gaza City [File: Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]

By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP

Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026

An Israeli air strike has killed one person and wounded five others in northern Gaza, authorities said.

Gaza’s civil defence agency reported on Wednesday that the Israeli strike targeted a three-wheeled tuk-tuk transport vehicle near the Western Roundabout in Beit Lahiya.

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The deceased was Mohanad Saada, whose body was transferred alongside five injured individuals to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told the AFP news agency that Saada was part of a municipal maintenance team returning from repairing a water well damaged during earlier military operations.

“It is true that Israeli airstrikes and assassinations had almost completely ceased for over a week, but today the occupation resumed its aerial bombardment,” Bassal told the AFP news agency.

The Israeli military said that the operation targeted a Hamas commander who was actively planning attacks against Israeli forces.