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Israeli strike on Gaza university kills three
An Israeli strike killed three people at the Islamic University in Gaza City on Sunday, according to university staff and a local hospital.
Al Jazeera reported that the dead were security guards, while university sources described them as employees.
The university campus was targeted twice within a few hours, and people were also killed in attacks elsewhere in Gaza that day.
Israel’s military said it was targeting a Hamas military-wing operative and diverted its munition after identifying people it said were not involved; it said the incident is under review.
The strike happened during a truce that has not stopped all violence in Gaza.
Gaza’s education ministry says 95 percent of academic institution buildings have been damaged in the war, while UNESCO says nearly 95 percent of higher education campuses have been destroyed or damaged.
The military review is the next stated step, and the university and Gaza’s education ministry condemned the attack.
An Israeli strike on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City killed three people on Sunday, October 25.
The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas military-wing member and that the incident was under review.
Al Shifa hospital said it received three bodies and treated eight people wounded in a drone strike.
Accounts differed on the injured at the campus: university sources told Le Monde they were students, while Al Jazeera reported seven female students injured in an earlier attack.
The university said its campus and surroundings were targeted twice on Sunday.
- Who
- Three people were killed. Al Jazeera identified them as security guards.
- What
- An Israeli strike on the Islamic University campus killed three people; other people were reported wounded.
- When
- Sunday, October 25, 2026.
- Where
- The Islamic University campus in Gaza City.
- Why
- The Israeli army said it was targeting a person from Hamas’s military wing. It said the incident was under review.
Israeli army
Islamic University and Gaza education ministry
Target and conduct of strike
Israeli army
The army said it was targeting a Hamas military-wing member and diverted the munition after identifying uninvolved people nearby.
Islamic University and Gaza education ministry
The university condemned the attacks on its campus and surroundings; the education ministry condemned the strike and said attacks on education were continuing.
The Islamic University campus and its surroundings were targeted twice, according to the university.
A strike on the campus killed three people; reports described students injured in an earlier attack.
Other attacks across Gaza killed people in Khan Younis, Deir al-Balah and near Gaza City.
- Deaths at university
- 3 people
- Injured treated at Al Shifa
- 8 people
- Campus location
- Gaza City
- Earlier campus attack
- 7 female students reported injured by shrapnel
- Higher education campuses
- Nearly 95 percent destroyed or damaged, according to UNESCO
3 sources
What people are saying
Following the identification of uninvolved individuals in the area, the munition was diverted in order to mitigate harm to them. The incident is under review.
the global silence regarding attacks on students and universities serves as encouragement for the continuation of these crimes
The aftermath was massive.
Only a couple of these buildings are partially standing.