Israeli attack on Gaza City kills at least 10, including four children

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 28, 2026 · 607 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

Israeli military actions Humanitarian crisis in Gaza ceasefire violations

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Israeli attack on Gaza City kills at least 10, including four children More than 20 others were injured in the attack, which came hours after the funeral of the head of Hamas’s armed wing.

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What happened

Israeli attack on Gaza City kills at least 10, including four children More than 20 others were injured in the attack, which came hours after the funeral of the head of Hamas’s armed wing.

Why it matters

An Israeli air raid in northern Gaza has killed at least 10 people, including four children, health officials said, as Israel continues with its near-daily attacks despite a nominal “ceasefire” being in place.

Common ground

More than 20 others were injured in the attack on a residential building in Gaza City late on Wednesday, officials said.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Pity: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Odeh’s wife and son were also killed in the attack in Gaza City.”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Mohammed Odeh's wife and children were killed in the strike on the residential building.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ayman Aadil Odeh (Arabic: أيمن عادل عودة, Hebrew: אַיְּימָן עַאדֶל עוֹדֶה; born 1 January 1975) is an Arab Israeli lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Knesset. He led the Hadash alliance …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayman_Odeh

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gaza Strip under Hamas governance began 11 June 2007 when Hamas took over the territory from the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA). The Hamas administration was first led by Ismail Han…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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Claim 2: “According to local authorities, Israel has committed more than 3,000 violations of the so-called “ceasefire”, which came into effect in October.”

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A web search result from May 28, 2026, explicitly states that Palestinian authorities claim Israel violated the ceasefire 3,000 times since October.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 11, 2025 ... Since the ceasefire took effect, Israeli attacks have killed at least 947 Palestinians and injured 2935.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 14, 2026 ... The UN is important. Remember that it is a voluntary organization and has no military power.|The weakness of this data is that it doesn't ...
https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/posts/since-the-declarati…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... Israel has violated the U.S.-backed ceasefire 3000 times since agreeing to a ceasefire deal last October, killing more than 900 civilians since
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5LAU4j69n/

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Claim 3: “Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel had allowed only a fraction of the aid trucks meant to enter the enclave under the terms of the “ceasefire”.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the Gaza Government Media Office's claims about aid truck restrictions under the ceasefire.

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Claim 4: “Of these, 922 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered “ceasefire” came into effect last October, with 2,786 others wounded.”

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Claim 5: “the attack on a residential building in Gaza City late on Wednesday”

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BBC and other web search results confirm attacks on residential buildings/apartments in Gaza City occurring recently (within the last 5 days).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza genocide is the ongoing, intentional, and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip carried out by Israel during the Gaza war. It encompasses mass killings, deliberat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the wake of the October 7 attacks that sparked the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including children, women, and elderly pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza–Israel conflict is a localized part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict beginning in 1948, when about 200,000 of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza–Israel_conflict

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Claim 6: “More than 20 others were injured in the attack”

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The claim that more than 20 others were injured is explicitly mentioned in the web search results describing the attack on Gaza City.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 3 May 2026, at least 75,811 people (73,770+ Palestinians and 2,039+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of Foreig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the early hours of 18 March 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, effectively ending the January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire. Israel's missile and artillery attack killed more than…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2025_Israeli_attacks_on_…

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Claim 7: “Israeli attack on Gaza City kills at least 10, including four children”

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Multiple independent sources (BBC, Al Jazeera, and a web search result) report an Israeli attack in Gaza City killing around 10-11 people, specifically mentioning women and children.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 20 August 2025, during the Gaza war, Israel announced it had formally begun the "first stages" of a military offensive aiming to seize control of Gaza City from Hamas, referred to in plans as Opera…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gaza_City_offensive

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 1956, the Gaza Strip was captured by Israel from Egypt for a period of four months during the Suez Crisis before returning it back to Egypt in March 1957 due to heavy international pressure. Israel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_Gaza…

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Claim 8: “Since the ceasefire agreement entered into force and up to today, over a period of 227 days, the Israeli occupation has committed a total of 3,005 violations and serious breaches of the agreement”

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While the specific phrasing '3,005 violations over 227 days' is a detailed report, it is corroborated by the general claim in the web search results that Palestinian authorities report 3,000 violations since October.

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Claim 9: “Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Thursday that at least 16 people have been killed and 39 others wounded in the Palestinian territory over the past 48 hours.”

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Claim 10: “The latest figures raise the death toll since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023 to 72,819, with 172,894 others injured.”

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Claim 11: “He was appointed chief of the group’s armed wing last week, days after Israel killed his predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad.”

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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry for Mohammed Odeh and news reports, confirm he was appointed chief of the armed wing after the death of Izz al-Din al-Haddad.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mohammed Odeh was a Palestinian Hamas militant who briefly served as the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip and as the leader and commander of the Al-Qassam ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Odeh_(Palestinian_mil…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Israel killed Mohammad Odeh, Hamas's newly appointed armed wing chief ... military commander of Hamas, Izz al-Din al -Haddad. Since last ...
https://www.facebook.com/democracynow/posts/israel-killed-mo…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Odeh headed Hamas' military wing for approximately two weeks following the elimination of his predecessor, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, and was one of ...
https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/muhammad-odeh-new-head-…

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Claim 12: “the funeral of Mohammad Odeh, the head of Hamas’s armed wing, who was killed in an Israeli attack on Tuesday”

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Web search results confirm the death of Mohammed Odeh, the new head of Hamas's armed wing, in an Israeli strike, and mention the attack occurred shortly after his funeral (or the attack led to the funeral context).

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web search NEUTRAL — Apart from Islam, Muhammad has received praise in Sikhism as an inspirational figure, in the Druze faith as one of the seven main prophets, and in the Baháʼí Faith as a Manifestation of God.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Mohammad Saleem Safi, a lanky pacer from Baghlan province, was bowling with genuine pace and troubling some of Afghanistan's accomplished batters in the nets. "He was touching 145 kph.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Who was Muhammad? Muhammad was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qurʾān, Islam’s sacred scripture. He spent his entire life in what is now the country of Saudi Arabia, from h…
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Claim 13: “only 49,973 trucks entered the Gaza Strip out of the 135,600 trucks that were supposed to enter”

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Claim 14: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Odeh was Hamas’s head of intelligence at the time of the October 7, 2023 attacks.”

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Confirmed by a cross-reference (Daily Maverick) and a web search result stating that Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Katz identified Odeh as the head of intelligence during the October 7 attacks.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli military says it killed Mohammad Odeh, Hamas' newly-appointed armed commander, in a strike on Gaza. Odeh was the leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing in Gaza.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/iran-us-war-isra…

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web search NEUTRAL — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Odeh served as head of Hamas’ intelligence headquarters during the Oct. 7 attack and was appointed last week to replace Haddad.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hyih4w7ezx

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel has killed dozens of Hamas leaders and military officials since the start of the Gaza war and top officials including Netanyahu and his defence minister, Israel Katz, have vowed to kill or capt…
https://www.aol.com/articles/israel-says-killed-hamas-armed-…

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