Israeli tank shelling in central Gaza on Friday killed three people — a woman, a father and his 12-year-old son — according to health officials at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the Associated Press reported in its Friday Middle East roundup.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 13, 2026

The shelling hit the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city and also wounded 20 other people, most of them children, the hospital said. The wounded were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city. Awaaz Punjab is not naming the child victim, in line with its minor-safety rule.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 13, 2026

The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that Israeli artillery shelled the vicinity of the Al-Qastal Towers residential complex, east of Deir al-Balah, killing three Palestinians including a child and a woman and injuring around 20 others, and that artillery also shelled the eastern areas of Gaza City. WAFA put the total Palestinian toll from Friday's shelling at six.

Source: WAFA via Crossfire Arabia, Nov 13, 2026

Israel's military said it had opened fire to drive away suspects whom it claimed had approached troops near the Yellow Line, the line that delineates the part of the Gaza Strip that the Israeli military controls, the Associated Press reported.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 13, 2026

Fire near the Yellow Line

The reported shooting took place near the Yellow Line, the unmarked boundary inside Gaza up to which Israeli forces withdrew under the ceasefire that took effect in October 2025. Palestinian officials have repeatedly said civilians who approach the line, often without knowing exactly where it runs, have come under fire.

Near-daily Israeli fire and airstrikes have continued in Gaza more than a year after the ceasefire deal was reached between Israel and Hamas, the Associated Press noted. Gaza health authorities, cited by WAFA, say 1,622 Palestinians have been killed and 5,878 injured since the ceasefire agreement went into effect on October 11, 2025 — figures Israel disputes and which Awaaz Punjab could not independently verify.

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What happens next: there was no immediate word of any change to Israeli rules of engagement around the Yellow Line, and no statement from Hamas on the Deir al-Balah shelling in the reports available at the time of publication. Awaaz Punjab will update this story if the Israeli military or Gaza authorities publish fuller accounts.