9-year-old among 5 killed in Gaza

Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip yesterday, 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 four people.

At Nasser Hospital’s morgue, relatives arrived to bid farewell to Najjar.

The boy was collecting cardboard that the family uses for cooking, relatives said. There has been no electricity in Gaza since the war began in October 2023.

At least 800 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire, according to local medics, while Israel says attacks have killed four of its soldiers over the same period.