Israeli Airstrike on Gaza Beach Café Kills at Least 33, Including Journalist

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Updated Jun 30, 2025, 07:25 PM

Israeli warplanes struck the Al-Baqa Café on Gaza City’s Mediterranean shoreline on 30 June, killing at least 33 Palestinians and injuring dozens more, according to Palestinian medical officials and multiple local media outlets. Gaza’s government media office said photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab was among the dead, bringing the number of journalists killed in the enclave since October 2023 to 228.

The open-air café, popular with activists and reporters because it offered reliable internet access amid prolonged power outages, was crowded when the missile hit shortly after midday. Rescue teams worked into the evening to pull bodies from the rubble as the casualty count rose from early estimates of 10 fatalities.

The attack came during one of the deadliest 24-hour periods since the latest cease-fire collapsed, with local authorities reporting about 80 people killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces said it is intensifying operations in Gaza City and the adjacent Jabalia district and instructed civilians to relocate to the southern coastal area of al-Mawasi, but did not comment specifically on the café strike.

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Quds News Network

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Israeli warplanes carried out a harrowing massacre at the Al-Baqa Café on Gaza City's beach, killing at least 15 civilians, including women and children.

Channel 4 News

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At least 80 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in one of the most lethal 24-hour periods since the ceasefire ended. At least 20 people were killed this afternoon in an Israeli strike on a beachfront Al-Baqa Cafe in Gaza City. Warning: distressing images.

TRT World

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At least 20 Palestinians, including a journalist, were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a beachfront cafeteria in western Gaza City on June 30