Three More Civilians Die in Hospital Following Junta Airstrikes on Gwa Township

Narinjara, July 5, 2026

Three more civilians have died in the hospital while receiving treatment for severe blast injuries. They were wounded during recent airstrikes by the Myanmar military junta in Rakhine State's southernmost area.

These latest deaths bring the total number of civilians killed in Gwa Township alone between June 26 and July 3 to three.

Among the victims who passed away from their wounds is U Chit Swe (also known as Nga Lone), age 52. He was a resident of Kan Kaw Taung Village in Gwa Township. He died from severe injuries sustained during a bombing on the afternoon of July 3.

The Myanmar military bombed Kan Kaw Taung Village in Gwa Township on June 23, seriously injuring U Chit Swe (also known as Nga Lone) and three other villagers: Daw Hle Kay Thi (55), Ma Naung Thazin Htwe (19), and U Kyaw Win (60). While the four of them were receiving medical treatment, U Chit Swe succumbed to his severe injuries and passed away at noon on July 3.

In an attempt to reoccupy Gwa Township and retaliate for heavy losses suffered across multiple battlefields, the military launched two separate airstrikes on Kan Kaw Taung Village while residents were asleep.

The first bomb dropped at 10:18 PM on June 23, followed by a second strike just nine minutes later at 10:27 PM.

The attacks continued on June 26 when the military bombed a monastery in Ye Kyaw Village, also located in Gwa Township, injuring six local residents.

Two of the victims later died from their wounds: U Wai Ya Min (45) passed away on the day of the attack, and 10-year-old Maung Htet Myat Thu died two days later on June 28 while undergoing treatment.

According to a July 3, 2026, statement by the Humanitarian and Development Cooperation Office (HDCO), military violence in Rakhine State during the first six months of the year, from January 1 to June 30, 2026, has left 83 civilians dead, 187 injured, and 65 arrested.

Caption: U Chit Swe, who passed away on July 3. (Photo: APM)