Palestinians gathered to mourn the death of a Palestinian man, Huthaifa Kawari, killed in an Israeli strike on Thursday (August 13), according to medics, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

It was one of the first reported fatalities in over a week as the Israeli military scaled back its targeted attacks in the enclave under U.S. pressure.

Palestinian medics said the first strike targeted two people riding on a motorbike, in a western area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The other person was wounded, they added.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the Khan Younis airstrike targeted a Hamas commander planning an attack on its troops.

Later on Thursday, an Israeli drone launched three missiles against a vehicle driving in western Gaza City, killing the head of the Gaza City police force, and critically wounding two other people medics and witnesses said.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced last month that there had been a breakthrough in his plan to end the war, to which both Israel and Hamas agreed, with Israeli forces withdrawing as Hamas disarms and an International Stabilization Force working with a new Palestinian police force to secure the enclave.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his rejection of Trump's latest Gaza plan in televised remarks to his right-wing government, even as Israel's military had effectively halted attacks in the territory under pressure from ‌the U.S. president.

Israeli fire has killed more than 1,250 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them civilians, since a U.S.-backed ceasefire halted two years of full-scale war in October.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two people, first fatalities in more than a week, medics say

VIDEO SHOWS: MOURNERS OF PALESTINIAN MAN, HUTHAIFA KAWARI, KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE / COMMENTS FROM A RELATIVE OF KAWARI.

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SHOWS: KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA (AUGUST 13, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF MEN PUSHING STRETCHER CARRYING BODY OF PALESTINIAN MAN, HUTHAIFA KAWARI, WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE

2. VARIOUS OF WOMEN MOURNING

3. WOMAN CRYING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF HUTHAIFA KAWARI, JOUD KAWARI, SAYING:

"Today, they did not adhere to the ceasefire. Every day we are betrayed by them. We have lost respect for them, we have lost respect for them. The only thing we have left is hope in God. We can no longer have hope after today, after 14 days of the truce - they said the truce was supposed to last 14 days. Where is it? Where is it? I want to know where it is. Where is it, brother? Explain to me, where is the truce?"

5. MEN MOURNING, CRYING OVER DEAD BODY ON FLOOR

6. WOMEN MOURNING

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE OF HUTHAIFA KAWARI, JOUD KAWARI, SAYING:

"My message to the mediators, the Arab countries, and the Peace Center that we have been betrayed by until now and still are, is this: we say that we do not want a peace council, we do not want Arab countries governing us, and we do not want anyone else ruling us. We will govern ourselves. Just stop the fighting and honour the ceasefire that you put in place. That is our message."

8. MEDICAL WORKERS AND PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE NASSER HOSPITAL / AMBULANCE VEHICLES