{"id":7931,"date":"2026-07-17T17:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-kill-14-including-mourners-attending-funeral\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:44:56","slug":"israeli-attacks-on-gaza-kill-14-including-mourners-attending-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-kill-14-including-mourners-attending-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 14, including mourners attending funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Twenty people also injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Multiple Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 14 Palestinians, more than half of them in a drone strike on a funeral procession.<\/p>\n<p>Nine months into its so-called \u201cceasefire\u201d with Hamas, Israel continues to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/15\/cycle-of-chaos-israel-killing-gaza-civil-officials-to-derail-its-future\">violate<\/a> it on a near-daily basis.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/16\/israeli-attacks-kill-at-least-five-palestinians-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire\">Israeli attacks kill at least five Palestinians in Gaza despite \u2018ceasefire\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/17\/israel-headed-for-october-election-as-parliament-dissolved\">Israel headed for October election as parliament dissolved<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2026\/7\/17\/the-church-of-england-has-taken-a-long-overdue-step-on-palestine\">The Church of England has taken a long-overdue step on Palestine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Eight people were killed when an Israeli strike targeted a gathering of civilians in the Al-Balata market area of Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Friday, Al-Awda Hospital said.<\/p>\n<p>At least 20 others were injured, the hospital added.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the drone targeted Palestinian mourners gathered outside the Ahmad Yassin Mosque as they waited to begin a funeral procession for a Palestinian killed in a separate attack earlier in the day in the same area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no regard for the ceasefire,\u201d said Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who were participating in the [funeral] procession were coming out of the mosque [when] a drone strike targeted a group of people within the procession itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, a 52-year-old woman was killed in the northern city of Beit Lahia when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb near Abu Tammam School.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli attack targeting a gathering of Palestinians in the town of Az-Zawayda in central Gaza killed another person and injured several others.<\/p>\n<p>In al-Sawarha, west of Nuseirat refugee camp, one person was killed when a structure housing displaced people was struck by Israeli fire.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, an Israeli drone struck an apartment in Gaza City, killing a Palestinian and wounding several others, including children, while another woman died from wounds sustained in Israeli gunfire southwest of Khan Younis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4780683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4780683\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/afp_6a5a49b4bfbf-1784302004.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Palestinians look for their belongiongs at the site of an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2026\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4780683\">Palestinians look for their belongings after an Israeli attack at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, July 16, 2026 [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite a nominal \u201cceasefire\u201d taking effect last October, Israel has continued attacks across Gaza on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>The research group, Armed Conflict Location &#038; Event Data (ACLED), reported on Wednesday that Israeli attacks on the enclave have increased since May.<\/p>\n<p>ACLED said there were more than 40 strikes last month \u2013 the highest monthly total since the \u201cceasefire\u201d began. The increase has raised questions about whether Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza will ever end, allowing the devastated territory to be rebuilt and Palestinians to return to a sense of normality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe skies above the Gaza Strip are filled with drones,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can hear the mechanical hum of these drones everywhere \u2026 In addition to the ongoing [Israeli] destruction of remaining infrastructure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"242\">The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Friday that Israel has been killing children as \u201ca matter of routine\u201d \u2013 274 since the \u201cceasefire\u201d started.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"323\">It said that, on average, one child has been killed every day since then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty people also injured in strike on funeral procession for Palestinian killed by Israel earlier in the day. Multiple Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 14 Palestinians, more than half of them in a drone strike on a funeral procession. 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