Three people were reportedly killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza's Islamic University campus.
Why it matters: The reported strike hit a university campus as Gaza's higher-education system faces extensive damage. The casualty count, injuries and victims' employment status remain provisional across the available reports.
- At least seven Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on October 25, 2026.
- Three people were reported killed in an airstrike on a building at the Islamic University campus in Gaza City.
- A separate reported drone strike on the campus injured seven female students, including one seriously; the available reports do not provide a date.
- UNESCO says 95% of Gaza's higher-education campuses were affected, including 22 of 38 completely destroyed and the remaining 14 damaged.
At least seven Palestinians were reported killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, October 25, 2026, according to Al Jazeera, citing local medical authorities and the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
That reported minimum consists of three deaths at the Islamic University campus, two people killed by shelling in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, one person killed east of Deir al-Balah and one person killed near Hamad Hospital on Al-Rashid Street. Al Jazeera supports the full seven-person count.
The accounts do not establish a definitive description of the three people killed on campus. Al Jazeera described them as security guards. An AFP report carried by Dawn, citing university sources, identified them as administrative staff. The same AFP report said Al Shifa Hospital received three bodies and treated eight wounded people, whom university sources identified as students.
A separate reported drone strike on the campus injured seven female students, including one seriously. The available reports do not provide a date or establish whether that incident was part of the same sequence.
The Gaza Education Ministry said the reported campus strikes wounded students and prompted the university to suspend academic and administrative activities. The supplied materials do not include a direct URL to the ministry's statement; the AFP report carried by Dawn is the available linked report on the campus incident.
UNESCO reported that 95% of Gaza's higher-education campuses had been affected, with 22 of 38 completely destroyed and the remaining 14 damaged.
The supplied reports contain no Israeli military statement or explanation for the strikes. They also do not establish whether the campus was being used for military purposes. The October 25, 2026 date is given in the Al Jazeera report; no other 2026 incident date is established in the available materials.
By the numbers
- 7 - Minimum number of Palestinians reported killed across the listed October 25 incidents
- 3 - People reportedly killed at the Islamic University campus
- 95% - Share of Gaza's higher-education campuses UNESCO says were affected
Yes, but: The available reports conflict over whether the three people killed at the campus were security guards or administrative staff, and the separate report of seven student injuries has no established date.