Israeli Airstrike on Shati Refugee Camp Wounds at Least 6–9 Palestinians; Gaza Toll Reaches 72,628+

Israeli warplanes bombed a residential house in the Shati (Beach) refugee camp west of Gaza City, injuring at least six to nine Palestinians, per WAFA and IMEMC reporting on May 9, 2026. The strike on the densely populated coastal camp was one of several overnight bombardments as Israel maintained its pattern of daily military operations under the fraying October 2025 ceasefire framework. Palestinian health authorities updated Gaza's cumulative death toll to 72,628 killed and 172,520 wounded since October 7, 2023. WAFA's tally put the post-ceasefire death toll at 864 Palestinians killed and 2,418 wounded since the October 2025 ceasefire — the gap between the Board of Peace's stated goals of a peaceful transition and the daily reality of Israeli strikes continued to widen as the disarmament deadline passed. The Shati camp, Gaza's coastal refugee camp in its northwest, has been among the most heavily struck areas in the war; it is home to tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians whose shelters have been repeatedly bombed.