2025 Wehda Street airstrikes

2025 Wehda Street airstrikes
Part of the Gaza war and genocide
Wehda Street
Location	Wehda Street, Gaza Strip
Date	7 May 2025
Attack type	Airstrikes
Deaths	33+ Palestinians [1]
Injured	90+ Palestinians
Perpetrator	Israel Defense Forces

On 7 May 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a crowded restaurant and market in Wehda Street in the Rimal neighborhood in northern Gaza. The attack killed at least 33 Palestinians, and wounded at least 90 others. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Background

On 18 March 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, effectively ending the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire and resuming the Gaza war. On the first day, Israel's attacks killed at least 404 Palestinians, including 263 women and children, making it one of the deadliest in the Gaza war. ^{[4] [5]} In May 2025, Israel announced plans to displace more residents and force all two million residents of the Gaza Strip to live in the south. ^[6] Since March 2025, Israel has blocked all humanitarian aid from entering the strip, including all food and water, which has contributed to conditions of the Gaza Strip famine. ^[7]

Attack

On 7 May 2025, an IDF reconnaissance drone strike targeted the area near the Thai and Palmyra restaurants. Two missiles were fired at the same time and killed at least 33 people, both inside the restaurants and at the street's busy intersection. ^[8] An image posted on social media shows a family of three — mother, father, and son — apparently killed in the attack and lying on the street in pools of blood.^{[ relevant? ] [9] [6]}

Reactions

Palestinian Freedom Movement condemned the attack as a "barbaric and blatant aggression." ^[10]

References

1. "Israeli strikes on Gaza restaurant and market kill 33 - health ministry". BBC. 7 May 2025.
2. jalal, Rasha Abou. "Israeli Airstrikes Decimate the Last Restaurant in Gaza City in Nightmarish Bloodbath". www.dropsitenews.com. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
3. "9 women, 3 children among Palestinians killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City area".
4. "Israel breaks ceasefire with surprise airstrike, killing more than 400 Palestinians". AP News. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
5. "Live updates: More than 400 Palestinians killed in surprise Israeli airstrikes across Gaza". AP News. 18 March 2025. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
6. Ahmad, Rawan Sheikh; Jakes, Lara; Alghorra, Saher (7 May 2025). "Airstrikes Pound Gaza as Israel Announces Plans to Displace More Residents". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 8 May 2025.
7. "'No humanitarian aid will enter Gaza,' Israel defence minister says". France 24. 16 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
8. "Israeli attacks kill more than 60 as Gaza blockade accelerates starvation". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
9. Agencies; Fabian, Emanuel; Staff, ToI. "Hamas-run authorities say at least 48 killed in series of IDF strikes in Gaza". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 8 May 2025.
10. "Palestinian Freedom Movement: Zionist enemy shedding Palestinian blood". www.saba.ye. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.