Survivors recount Israeli strike on Gaza university
The gist
An Israeli missile struck the courtyard outside a female students' lecture hall at Gaza's Islamic University on Oct 25.
Survivors describe the hall turning red; the campus strike is part of wider damage to Gaza's education system.
How it unfolded
- Oct 25, 2026 10:15An Israeli missile struck the courtyard in front of the female students' lecture hall at Gaza's Islamic University, where about 130 female students and lecturer Dr. Khader Khader were inside.
- Oct 25, 2026A second strike the same day killed three named members of the university's security team; Shadi Abu Ataya was killed in an air strike on the university, with his funeral held at Al Shifa Hospital.
- Late Oct 2026Sara Abu Jiyab, a medical student at the Islamic University and resident of Al-Shati camp, was wounded in an airstrike targeting the campus.
Key terms
- Gaza's Islamic University
- An independent Palestinian university founded in 1978 in Gaza City, the first higher-education institution in the Gaza Strip.
- enclave
- A narrow coastal territory on the Mediterranean bordering Egypt and Israel, one of the two Palestinian territories.
- WAFA
- The official state-run news agency of the Palestinian National Authority, formerly the PLO's news agency.
Source: Wikipedia