Palestinians rushed on Tuesday (August 12) to the site of an Israeli strike in Gaza City, that medics said it killed two people and wounded several others.

A number of casualties were carried away from the site, while others inspected a pool of blood on the ground.

The Israeli military says it goes to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties. It says Hamas uses Gaza's civilians as human shields by operating within densely populated areas, humanitarian zones, schools and hospitals, which Hamas denies.

Israeli planes and tanks kept bombarding eastern areas of Gaza City overnight, killing at least 11 people, witnesses and medics said on Tuesday, with Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya due in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan.

The latest round of indirect talks in Qatar ended in deadlock in late July with Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas trading blame over the lack of progress on a U.S. proposal for a 60-day truce and hostage release deal.

Israel has since said it will launch a new offensive and seize control of Gaza City, which it captured shortly after the war's outbreak in October 2023 before pulling out. Militants regrouped and have waged largely guerrilla-style war since then.

The war began on October 7, 2023 when Hamas-led militants stormed over the border into southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli figures, in the country's worst ever security lapse.

Israel's ground and air war against the Islamist Hamas in Gaza since then has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, left much of the enclave in ruins and wrought a humanitarian disaster with grave shortages of food, drinking water and safe shelter.

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GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 12, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. MOVING SHOT SHOWING PALESTINIANS RUNNING, SOME RUSHING TO THE SITE OF AN ISRAELI STRIKE / PEOPLE CARRYING CASUALTIES AWAY

2. PEOPLE CARRYING CASUALTIES INTO BACK OF TRUCK / TRUCK DRIVING AWAY

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN, MOHAMMED BAKER, SAYING:

“There was this man selling water, and they hit him. They hit him while he was selling water. What is his fault to be hit? He was selling water. What is his fault?”

4. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERING AROUND BLOOD AND CASUALTY ON THE GROUND

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN, FARAJ BAKER, SAYING:

“What happened: a man selling water was walking, then a drone missile struck him. There were people walking in the street - a woman was martyred, the innocent were martyred, and the water seller… what is his fault? What is their fault? Are they fighters? No, they’re not fighters, - they’re children and women. Here’s his money, here’s his shoe. We came out barefoot from inside the tents (when the strike happened).”

6. PALESTINIANS CARRYING BODY, CALLING FOR A VEHICLE

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN, OSAMA MORTAJI, SAYING:

“What happened is that we suddenly found this street, which is full of displaced people from Beit Hanoun and from all over the Gaza Strip, hit by a missile - there are three martyrs here: women and children, selling water, as you can see. Here’s the blood, here are the shrapnel. We are innocent people sitting in our homes, not knowing when this war, this genocide by the Israeli occupation army, will end. Enough, people. Enough, world. Wake up. We are dying here day after day, martyrs for no reason.”

8. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERING NEXT TO BLOOD ON THE GROUND

9. MAN HELPING WOMAN TO WALK / PEOPLE GATHERING

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN, AHMED HABOUSH, SAYING:

“The target isn't clear. Today, any human on earth in Gaza, any human being, is subject to being bombed, any human being."

11. MAN LOOKING THROUGH BLOOD AND REMAINS ON THE FLOOR

12. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN, GATHERING NEXT TO BLOOD AND COOLER

13. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN, AHMED HABOUSH, SAYING:

“Every day, I take my son in the morning to sell drinks. This time, I stopped selling drinks, after what happened to the water seller. What is his fault? This one doesn't have a woman, a child, or anyone — and look, he was martyred. So imagine what could happen to someone who has a wife and children.”

14. PEOPLE CARRYING BODY AND LOADING IT INTO VEHICLE

15. VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY