Gaza Violence: Two Killed, Including a Child, in Israeli Strikes

Two Palestinians, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed in separate incidents in Gaza on Saturday. The boy died from Israeli gunfire in the Mawasi area of Rafah, while a young man was killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike near Al-Nuri tower in the northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Additionally, several people were wounded by fire from an Israeli "quadcopter" drone targeting civilians on Salah al-Din Street, near the entrance to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that 7 people were killed and 38 injured by Israeli fire in the past 48 hours. Since October 11, the ministry stated that Israeli actions have resulted in 1,415 deaths and 4,953 injuries, with the recovery of 834 bodies. The cumulative death toll since October 7, 2023, has reached 74,016, with 175,068 injured, after the addition of 81 newly verified fatalities.

The Civil Defense in Gaza announced on Saturday the recovery of remains of 7 individuals from the rubble of two homes in the Nuseirat camp and the Yarmouk area of Gaza City. Israeli shelling and violations of the ceasefire have continued across various parts of Gaza since Saturday morning, following earlier attacks that killed two Palestinians and injured four, including strikes on displaced persons' tents and residential areas.

These ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire, which has been in effect since October 2025, occur while a large number of Gaza's residents remain in tents, shelters, and damaged buildings, with reconstruction efforts stalled. UN estimates indicate that over 371,000 housing units have been destroyed or damaged during the conflict.