Israeli Quadcopter Strike Kills One Near Gaza City Mosque

Middle Eastern outlets describe the recent Gaza strikes as part of a pattern of Israeli attacks that kill civilians and local police who are not engaged in combat. These reports stress the deaths of a baby, parents, and a teenage boy, and frame the police officers as part of Gaza’s civil order rather than military forces. Commentators in this group expect further casualties and call for stronger outside pressure on Israel to halt such strikes.

• •Israeli fire on 24 May killed two parents and their infant child in Gaza.
• •Israeli strikes on 23 May deliberately hit Gaza police, killing five officers on duty.
• •The 13-year-old boy killed on 23 May was a civilian bystander near the police target.
• •The quadcopter strike near a Gaza City mosque on 22 May shows Israeli forces are willing to attack in crowded civilian areas.
• •Ongoing attacks on police and families in Gaza show Israel is not limiting strikes to active fighters.