Israeli strikes on Gaza kill three, including 9-year-old boy, medics say

There has been no electricity in Gaza since the war began in October 2023, and Palestinians have complained of Israeli restrictions on ⁠the ​entry of cooking gas. "We ⁠don't have gas. More than 72,500 Palestinians have ⁠been killed since ⁠the Gaza war began in October 2023, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities. Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel killed 1,200 people, according to ‌Israeli tallies.

Israeli strikes killed three Palestinians, including a 9-year-old ​boy, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health ​officials said. Medics said an Israeli ‌drone killed ​the child, Adel Al-Najjar, in eastern Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, while an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City, killing ‌two people and wounding several others.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either incident. At Nasser Hospital’s morgue, relatives arrived to bid farewell to the small, white-shrouded body of Najjar.

Women cried next to the ‌body, lying on a medical stretcher on the floor, and men held a special prayer before ‌carrying him to the cemetery for burial. The boy was collecting cardboard that the family uses in cooking, relatives said. There has been no electricity in Gaza since the war began in October 2023, and Palestinians have complained of Israeli restrictions on ⁠the ​entry of cooking gas.

"We ⁠don't have gas. We collect cardboard to bake, they want to eat; they want to drink," said one of the ⁠boy's relatives, Sabreen Al-Najjar. Violence in Gaza has persisted despite an October 2025 ceasefire, with Israel conducting almost daily attacks ​on Palestinians.

At least 800 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect, according to local ⁠medics, while Israel says militant attacks have killed four of its soldiers over the same period. “Isn’t it shameful what is happening ⁠to ​us? Isn’t it shameful that we bury our children every day, right in front of us? Isn’t it shameful? I swear to God, our hearts are breaking for these children,” another relative, Suhaib ⁠Al-Najjar, said at the morgue.

Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for ceasefire violations. More than 72,500 Palestinians have ⁠been killed since ⁠the Gaza war began in October 2023, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities.

Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel killed 1,200 people, according to ‌Israeli tallies.