Israeli bombing kills two people in Gaza, medics scramble to identify dismembered remains

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least two Palestinians in a vehicle and wounded 13 others in the Gaza Strip, medical staff said.

The strike in the Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood in western Gaza City, left the vehicle mangled, according to footage circulated on social media. Local medical staff told Reuters that they urged people to provide information that could help identify the two people who were killed and whose bodies were dismembered by the explosion.

The Israeli military claimed the attack targeted two Hamas militants, without giving further information.

Despite an October 2025, US-backed ceasefire, Israel has continued its attacks and killed over 1,300 Palestinians, mostly civilians, in Gaza during the truce.

Israel has rejected the US-brokered peace plan for Gaza, insisting that Hamas must disarm before it withdraws from the territory. Hamas, meanwhile, says it accepts the plan and will disarm after Israel's withdrawal.

Israel's war on Gaza has  killed over 73,000 Palestinians since October 2023, according to Gaza's health ministry.