The health department of the Palestinian Gaza Strip said on October 7 that the Israeli army's attack on the Gaza Strip had killed 232 people that day, and 1,697 others were sent to hospital for treatment.

Footage sent by a CGTN stringer shows that on the evening of October 7, an apartment in the center of Khan Younis in Gaza was bombed by an Israeli air strike. The production bank, located in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, was also bombed by Israelis at around 2:30 a.m., October 8. This bank is affiliated with Hamas, and has several branches in the Gaza Strip.