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Hospital officials support seven-person Gaza toll

Sunday toll

WTOP reported that officials at five hospitals put the number killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sunday at seven. They reported four deaths in two Gaza City strikes, two brothers killed in Khan Younis and one person killed in Deir al-Balah. Anadolu Agency’s earlier six-person figure remains unexplained because its available account does not identify the individual cases.

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Reports differ on Gaza attack toll

University staff killed in Gaza City

Three Islamic University administrative employees were reported killed in a drone strike on the institution in Gaza City on Sunday. Dawn said Al Shifa Hospital received three bodies and treated eight wounded people. Two university sources identified those killed as administrative staff and said the wounded were students.

Gaza’s Education Ministry said students were attending classes at the time. It also reported that 95% of buildings belonging to academic institutions had been damaged during the war and that Israeli fire had killed 10 students and educators over the previous six days.

Differing death tolls

Dawn reported a total of seven deaths on Sunday. Gaza civil-defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said four people were killed in separate attacks: two in Khan Younis, one in Deir al-Balah and one in northern Gaza. Those deaths, together with the three reported at the university, formed Dawn’s overall toll.

Anadolu Agency separately reported that six Palestinians were killed and 10 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza. Its available account did not specify the date of those attacks or provide enough detail to compare individual cases, so the difference between its toll and Dawn’s Sunday count cannot be resolved. Dawn said the Israeli military was examining the reports when asked for comment.

Cumulative human toll

As of October 9, 2026, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported 74,370 Palestinians killed and 175,371 injured across the Gaza Strip in cumulative figures published by WHO, with coverage beginning October 7, 2023. These are reported totals, not independently verified UN figures or a civilian-only count, and they are not casualties from Sunday’s attacks. The reporting cutoff does not establish when each casualty occurred; totals may also reflect later reports, recoveries and revisions.