Technical Munition 'Error' Kills 10 Civilians at Gaza Water Point
GAZA STRIP, JUL 13 – The Israeli military said a technical malfunction caused the missile to miss its target and strike a water point, killing six children and injuring 17 amid worsening humanitarian conditions.
- On July 13, 2025, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza resulted in the deaths of at least 32 people, among them six children who were at a water distribution facility in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
- The strikes occurred following the outbreak of conflict in early October 2023, triggered by Hamas militants killing approximately 1,200 Israelis and abducting 251 individuals who were taken into Gaza.
- Amidst the debris, Anas Matar mournfully questioned what wrongdoing the children who lost their lives in the violent early-morning attack had committed.
- Israel's military said a missile intended for an Islamic Jihad militant malfunctioned and fell dozens of meters from its target, regretting civilian harm.
- The conflict has killed over 58,000 people, mostly civilians, while ceasefire talks remain deadlocked as Israel demands hostage release and Hamas's destruction.
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Israel admits mistake in Gaza strike that killed children collecting water, expresses ‘regret’
After an Israeli airstrike killed eight Palestinians, including children, at a water collection point, Israel has said that it was a mistake. Officials said that Israeli strikes killed 139 Palestinians in the past 24 hours.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that an airstrike in central Gaza accidentally hit a water distribution site, killing several civilians, most of whom were children. At the same time, Gaza's Health Ministry said on Sunday that more than 58,000 people have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began in October 2023.
Israeli missile hits Gaza children collecting water | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
JERUSALEM >> At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water on Sunday, local officials said, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target.
BBC World Service - Newshour, Ten Palestinians killed at water point in Gaza
Israel says what it called a technical error led to the airstrike that's reported to have killed ten Palestinians - mostly children - in Gaza. It said a munition missed its target by dozens of metres. Also in the programme: Nigeria's former president Buhari dies; and the origins of Superman. (Picture: Blood stains some containers at the site of an Israeli strike that killed Palestinians, gathered to collect water from a distribution point, accor…
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