Israel’s attack on Gaza and occupation of the West Bank kills two, including a child | Israel-Palestine War News

Health officials at the Nasser Medical Complex tell Al Jazeera that a 12-year-old boy was killed in al-Mawasi, Gaza.

Israeli forces have continued to attack Gaza and the occupied West Bank, killing at least two Palestinians despite a “ceasefire” in the besieged area.

Health officials at the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza told Al Jazeera that a 12-year-old boy was killed and several others wounded in al-Mawasi, west of the city of Khan Younis, in an Israeli attack on Wednesday.

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According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, since the “ceasefire” began in October 2025, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,027 people and injured 3,280 others.

In total, since the Israeli war began in October 2023, the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks has reached 73,041, with 173,402 injured.

The child’s execution comes a day later United Nations An investigative body has released a report that found Israel’s deliberate targeting of children is part of the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.

“Evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed” by Israeli forces, Srinivasan Muralidhar, the head of the UN, said.

“Even after the October 2025 ceasefire, children continue to be killed and seriously injured, and Israel’s continued disregard for the ceasefire and the protection of Palestinian children under international law.”

Reports from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary explained that Israel has classified the areas it hit in al-Mawasi as “safe areas”. “But even so, it has been under constant surveillance,” he said.

“The Israeli army attacked the tent on Wednesday, and a 12-year-old boy was killed. His name is Ahmed,” said Khoudary, describing the strike. “At least seven Palestinians were injured in the same attack.”

“According to the doctors, the victims of Israeli wounds are difficult to heal because the Israeli authorities continue to restrict and restrict medicine and drugs in the Gaza Strip,” he added.

At the same time, Khoudary also reported that there was another attack in western Gaza on Tuesday night. “So despite the ‘ceasefire’, the Israeli army continues to violate and violate the agreement,” he said.

Taken from the West Bank

Amidst the attacks in Gaza, Israeli forces also killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank town of al-Yamoun on Wednesday.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Israeli forces shot dead Mohammed Nazem Zayed, 29, in an attack on the western town of Jenin, adding that the soldiers were keeping his body.

Al Jazeera journalists said that the Israeli special forces entered the town on Wednesday afternoon and surrounded the house where Zayed was, before opening fire on him and causing him to bleed to death.

Meanwhile, the Israeli news website Walla said that soldiers of the Duvdevan army shot and killed a Palestinian during what they called an “operational operation” in al-Yamoun.

Since the beginning of 2026, at least 71 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

Since the civil war in Gaza began, the increase of Israel and the soldiers and residents of the West Bank killed 1,173 Palestinians, injured 12,666, which caused about 23,000 people to be arrested and 33,000 to flee, according to Palestinian statistics.