Israeli airstrike kills family of four in Gaza as they sleep; more than 1,300 Palestinians killed since ceasefire

According to an Al Jazeera report published on September 10, an Israeli airstrike struck a home in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, killing all four members of a family in their sleep. The two girls were eight and 12 years old.

Al Jazeera’s report was published as a video bulletin and did not provide independent verification of the casualties or include an account from the Israeli military about the strike. Al Jazeera said the attack took place at night and targeted a family home in Beit Lahia.

In the same report, Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had killed more than 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October 2025. That cumulative figure relies on Al Jazeera’s own tally; the report did not identify a specific data source or explain its counting method.

The ceasefire agreement has formally been in effect for nearly a year, yet Al Jazeera’s report indicates that nighttime airstrikes against civilian-populated areas in northern Gaza continue. The lack of independent verification for individual attacks, the opaque methodology behind cumulative casualty figures, and the Israeli side’s continuing absence of an explanation for the specific strike together create obstacles that cannot be avoided when assessing the civilian cost of the war in Gaza.