Here’s Five of the Deadliest Israeli Attacks in Gaza in 2025
2025 was one of the deadliest years in Gaza, marked by constant Israeli bombardment, ground invasion, starvation and genocide.
According to the Gaza Government Media Office on Wednesday, more than 2.4 million people in the Gaza Strip have been subjected to a comprehensive genocidal war, systematic starvation policies, and ethnic cleansing.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said on Wednesday the Palestinian population of Gaza has declined by 10.6% over the past two years amid Israel’s genocidal war.
The Office reported that in 2025:
- There were 283 days of Israeli genocide
- 82 days of a fragile ceasefire were violated by Israel.
- Israel dropped 112,000 tons of explosives.
- 25,717 Palestinians were killed, including 5,437 children.
- 22 hospitals are out of servive.
- Crossings were completely closed for 220 days.
As Gaza marks the start of a new year, these are five of Israel’s deadliest attacks in 2025:
Violating January Ceasefire
On March 18, Israel launched a large‑scale bombardment across the Gaza Strip that effectively ended the January ceasefire. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that over 400 Palestinians were killed and thousands wounded. Many of those killed in the attacks were children, it added. The attack involved airstrikes, artillery, and missiles across densely populated residential areas.
Ahmed Abu Rizq, a teacher in Gaza, said he and his family woke up to the sound of “Israeli strikes everywhere”.
“We were frightened, our children were frightened. We had many calls from our relatives to check, to check [on] ourselves. And the ambulance started to run from one street to another,” Abu Rizq told Al Jazeera, adding that families started to arrive at the local hospital with the “remains of their children” in their hands.
Rafah Paramedic Massacre
On March 25, Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian first responders who were driving in ambulances to assist wounded Palestinians at the site of an earlier Israeli attack in Rafah in southern Gaza, killing 15 health workers in an attack that drew widespread outrage and calls for an independent investigation.
When United Nations and Palestinian officials were able to reach the area a week later, they found a mass grave where bulldozed ambulances and bodies were buried. Eight PRCS workers were killed along with six Palestinian Civil Defence team members and one UN employee.
Fahmi Al‑Jarjawi School Attack
On May 25, an Israeli airstrike hit the Fahmi al‑Jarjawi School in Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, killing at least 36 people, including 18 children, and dozens more injured. The school was being used as a shelter for displaced families.
A father and his five children were among the killed. It was hit three times while people slept.
Bushra Rajab recalled waking up “to the sound of people screaming and panicking” after what sounded “like a big explosion”.
“Many people were killed and many were injured. Some of those killed were my relatives,” she said. “There were too many injured people for ambulances to reach. The remains of bodies were all over the place.”
Aid Distribution Killings
In May 27, the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began its operations in Gaza, establishing aid distribution sites where Israeli forces and US mercenaries routinely opened fire on starving Palestinian civilians in “acts that amount to serious violations of international law and war crimes”.
It ended its operations in Gaza following the ceasefire in November. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in September it recorded more than 2,146 deaths in the vicinity of sites run by GHF and along aid convoy routes.
Al‑Baqa Café Airstrike
On June 30, an Israeli airstrike struck the al‑Baqa café near Gaza City’s port. The attack killed at least 41 people, including journalists, women, children and elderly people who had gathered at the cafe, and wounded around 75 others.
“There was a family there with their young children – why were they targeted? It was a place where people came to find some relief from the pressures of life,” a survivor said.
Nasser Hospital Attack
On August 25, Israeli forces hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, one of Gaza’s largest medical facilities. The “double-tap” attack killed 22 people, including five journalists.
October Ceasefire Violations
Israel has violated the ceasefire which took effect on October 10 about 1000 times, killing over 410 Palestinians. It also imposed, and still, restrictions on much-needed aid entering the enclave, including tents and shelter materials. As a result, over 25 people killed due to extreme cold and collapsed buildings.
On October 19 and 29, two of the deadliest days since the latest ceasefire, Israel killed a total of 154 people.
On October 19, Israeli forces killed 45 people in a massive wave of air raids across the Gaza Strip.
On October 29, Israel killed 109 people, including 52 children.
