Israeli Strikes Kill Four Palestinians Including Health Ministry Chief's Son Basir al-Bursh

On September 19, 2026, an Israeli drone strike killed Basir al-Bursh, 28, the eldest son of Gaza Health Ministry director-general Munir al-Bursh, in the az-Zahra neighborhood west of the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, as he helped displaced people fill water containers. In video obtained by Al Jazeera, Munir al-Bursh was seen carrying his son's body to hospital, telling mourners Basir had said 'The Israelis are targeting both of us' shortly before he was killed. The Israeli military said it had struck several militants Saturday, including Basir al-Bursh, without providing further evidence — Munir al-Bursh lost a daughter to an Israeli strike in December 2023. Separately, an Israeli drone struck a civilian vehicle in the Sheikh Radwan/Al-Baidar area along Ar-Rashid Street, west Gaza City, killing 24-year-old Mohammad Khaled al-Refa'ey — described as the sole surviving member of his family after an earlier strike killed his relatives — and wounding at least four more, including two children; the vehicle burned for roughly 30 minutes. A separate strike in Shujaiya, east of Gaza City, killed one more person, and a Palestinian girl died of wounds sustained in Friday's Israeli gunfire near the Nuseirat refugee camp. A woman and one other person were also wounded by Israeli gunfire near the Maghazi refugee camp. Gaza's Health Ministry said the ceasefire-period toll had reached roughly 1,390 killed and 4,800+ wounded since the October 2025 truce, with the cumulative toll since October 7, 2023 surpassing 73,900 killed.