Israeli strikes on residential buildings kill at least 13 in Gaza

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 01, 2026 · 944 words

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Israeli strikes on residential buildings kill at least 13 in Gaza Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 13 people after hitting several residential buildings, local authorities said on Sunday.

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Seven people were also killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, a day after Hamas said it had agreed to the latest deal on ending the war.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The Israeli military... said it had struck Hamas weapons depots”

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No evidence was provided or found in the search results to verify this claim.

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Claim 2: “Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to the latest phase of a deal championed by US President Donald Trump that includes provisions for handing over its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was provided or found in the search results to verify this claim.

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Claim 3: “At least 1,230 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since a ceasefire was reached in October”

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Claim 4: “the military also said that it had struck several areas across Gaza and dismantled five Hamas weapons storage facilities”

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Claim 5: “two people were killed and several injured in a strike by Israeli warplanes on a rooftop southwest of Gaza City”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general Wikipedia and news landing pages for Israel, with no specific mention of a rooftop strike southwest of Gaza City killing two people.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt t…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

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web search NEUTRAL — Israelis (Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִים, romanized: Yīśreʾēlīm; Arabic: إسرائيليون, romanized: Isrāʾīliyyūn) are the citizens, nationals, and permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state. T…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelis

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web search NEUTRAL — Stay informed on Israel News: All for the latest updates, and breaking news on Israeli politics, culture, Israeli sports, Health, and Tech from the Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news

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Claim 6: “Seven people were also killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant Wikipedia entries about the movie 'Seven' and the number 7. No news sources in the provided evidence confirm the death toll for Saturday.

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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 — 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, the targe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

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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 7: “Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said on Sunday that no deal is in place to halt attacks on Gaza and that Israel, which already controls 70 percent of the Gaza Strip, should take full control of the enclave”

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Claim 8: “two people were killed and several injured when Israel hit near a pharmacy northwest of Gaza City”

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Claim 9: “Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 13 people after hitting several residential buildings”

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Multiple independent web sources (France 24 and two other news reports) confirm that Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Gaza killed at least 13 people on Sunday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan

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Claim 10: “the Israeli military said it was 'aware of one strike in the area on a Hamas terrorist'”

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Claim 11: “A father, mother and their 9-year-old son were killed around dawn after a strike on a house in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis”

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The claim is corroborated by a news report stating a father, mother, and 9-year-old son were killed in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. While other sources mention different casualty numbers in Mawasi, the specific family detail is reported.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 July 2024, Israeli airstrikes hit the Al-Mawasi area near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. The attack killed at least 90 Palestinians, among them women and children, and injured…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_July_2024_al-Mawasi_attack

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the Gaza war, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, which the IDF said were to "minimize civilian casualties" in its "war against Hamas", resulting in one of the lar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_evacuations

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Claim 12: “Gaza's civil defence rescue service... said eight people were killed in strikes around midnight that hit multiple residential buildings, and five others were killed later in the day”

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The provided evidence for this claim contains general Wikipedia pages about Gaza and Al Jazeera's home page, but no specific report confirming the 8+5 death breakdown from civil defence.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, [b] is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of We…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_strip

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web search NEUTRAL — Gaza war - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago · Stay on top of Gaza latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/gaza/

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Claim 13: “the Palestinian health ministry... said [Israeli forces] had 'obliterated two of the four warehouses' for medical supplies, severely damaged the other two and damaged the adjacent outpatient clinic building”

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Claim 14: “Israeli strikes on Saturday also damaged a hospital's medical supplies”

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Multiple sources (Ajel English and other news reports) confirm that Israeli strikes on Saturday damaged medical supply warehouses at a hospital (specifically Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital).

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web search NEUTRAL — Gaza's civil defence agency and medical sources said Israeli strikes in the Palestinian territory on Saturday killed two people and significantly damaged a hospital's medical supply warehouses.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/gazas-civil-def…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli strike causes over $500,000 in damage at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza reported severe losses after an Israeli attack destroyed medical supply warehouses an…
https://english.ajel.sa/world/gq82or9n2

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill two Palestinians and target warehouses said to store medicine. Learn more about the conflict.
https://gvwire.com/2026/08/01/israeli-strikes-kill-two-in-ga…

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Claim 15: “one weapons storage facility it struck was next to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 16: “an Israeli military helicopter struck an apartment [near the central Gaza Strip], a man and his wife were killed”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Israel and the Gaza war, with no specific mention of a helicopter strike killing a man and his wife in central Gaza.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge (Hebrew: מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, romanized: Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, lit. 'Operation Strong Cliff'), and Battle of the Withered Grain (Arabic: معركة …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Gaza_War

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Claim 17: “Palestinian health officials said Israeli warplanes carried out separate strikes across the enclave in the northern Gaza City, central city of Deir al-Balah and the southern area of Khan Younis”

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Both Cyprus Mail and France 24 independently report that Palestinian health officials stated Israeli warplanes carried out strikes in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Khan Younis.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli invasion of Gaza, which began as a result of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, has resulted in significant destruction and damage to numerous religious sites including mosques and churches. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_religious_sites_dur…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Deir al-Balah (Arabic: دير البلح, lit. 'Monastery of the Date Palm') is a city in the center of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate. It is locate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_al-Balah

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