4 Palestinians, including journalist, killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that one of the dead was journalist Mohammed Wishah, who worked for Al Jazeera Mubasher, a Doha-based public affairs television network. Al Jazeera later confirmed the death of Wishah, its journalist. In another incident, two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of civilians near Kuwait Roundabout, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, according to the sources. The Israeli army has not commented on the two incidents. Separately, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday in a statement that it struck and eliminated Muhammad Dawad, an expert in engineering and producing explosive devices in Hamas, on Monday. Gaza-based health authorities said Wednesday that the death toll since the ceasefire went into effect in October 2025 has reached 736, with 2,035 injured, raising the total number of casualties since Oct. 7, 2023, to 72,315 deaths and 172,137 injuries.