Israeli air attack on Gaza City apartment kills at least five

SaveSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkPalestinians search through the rubble of an apartment building in Gaza City's Remal neighbourhood after a deadly Israeli air attack on October 3, 2026, in a screengrab from Al Jazeera footage [Al Jazeera]By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 3 Oct 20263 Oct 2026An Israeli air attack on a residential apartment in western Gaza City has killed at least five people and severely wounded at least six others, according to medical staff at al-Shifa Hospital.The strike hit the al-Asala building in the Remal neighbourhood early on Saturday without prior warning, according to Al Jazeera’s Hani al-Shaer, reporting from Khan Younis.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least eightlist 2 of 3Palestinians bury remains of 105 people killed in Israeli attack on Gazalist 3 of 3Photos: Palestinians mourn more than 100 loved ones in mass Gaza funeralend of listRemal is one of Gaza City’s most crowded residential areas, home to thousands of displaced people sheltering in makeshift camps across the neighbourhood.Al-Shaer said the attack came in the middle of the night, when residents were asleep.“We heard fighter jets getting louder, then three strikes followed, hitting the apartment and killing those inside,” he said.The strike penetrated the targeted apartment and tore through the floors below, causing further destruction throughout the multi-storey building.Fires burned for at least an hour before Palestinian Civil Defence crews managed to put them out.Al-Shaer described the scene as “horrific”, with people buried under the rubble as they slept.Civil defence crews were still searching the site for missing people and bodies, he said, as Israeli drones continued flying over the area and fighter jets were heard flying low across the Strip.Al-Shifa Hospital said the dead included four women, among them an elderly Christian woman and her daughter.The six wounded were taken to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment.