[91099] Four killed in attack on residential apartment in Gaza City; IDF continues operational activity

Escalation in Gaza: Airstrike claims lives in Sabra neighborhood

Overnight (Saturday, June 20, 2026), an Israeli airstrike was reported targeting a residential apartment on Al-Thalatheeni Street (30th Street) in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. According to reports from Gaza Now, the death toll has risen to 4 people, including two women, a boy, and a girl. Al Jazeera Channel also confirmed the strike, noting that it was an "Israeli bombing of a residential apartment in the center of Gaza City."

Among those identified so far are Hussein Ata al-Safadi ("Abu Bilal") and his two daughters, Zeina and Lana al-Safadi, as reported by Gaza News Now 🇵🇸. The Palestinian sources reporting emphasized that the attack was carried out "without prior warning," as noted by Al-Quds Channel.

In addition to the event in Gaza, it was reported by Al-Quds Channel and Palestine News Urgent 24 regarding the activity of Israeli naval vessels, which "opened fire at sea in the southern Gaza Strip." These sources, which are identified with a firm line of resistance, described the events as part of ongoing military activity by the "occupation forces."

Concurrent with the reports from Gaza, Al-Quds Channel and Al-Ghad News reported on heavy damage caused as a result of an airstrike in the town of Harouf in southern Lebanon, which indicates an expansion of the centers of military activity in the region. All Palestinian and Arab sources cited here are characterized by a distinct anti-Israeli editorial line, using terms such as "occupation forces" (الاحتلال) and "ascension" (ارتقاء) to describe the dead.