Gaza Casualties Rise Amid Ongoing Conflict

Rochester News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 28, 2026 · 1m

Four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl killed by tank shrapnel, died in Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday, as tanks rolled and drones buzzed overhead. Israeli forces claimed one strike targeted a Hamas operative but offered no specifics. Though major combat has quieted since October’s ceasefire, daily casualties persist — with Gaza’s Health Ministry reporting over 1,040 deaths since the truce, half of them women and children. This grim toll follows Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault that killed 1,200 in Israel and seized 251 hostages, sparking Israel’s devastating campaign that…