Drone strike hits Gaza tents, killing two including a girl
Medical sources told Al Jazeera that an Israeli drone attack struck makeshift tents in Khan Younis, killing at least two Palestinians and wounding others.
By Sofia Marchetti · World Affairs Correspondent
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An Israeli drone attack hit makeshift tents in southern Gaza on Saturday, killing at least two Palestinians, including a young girl, medical sources told Al Jazeera. The reported strike adds to accounts of Israeli attacks in al-Mawasi, an area west of Khan Younis that Al Jazeera said was designated a safe zone under ceasefire terms.
The medical sources said the drone struck two temporary shelters in Khan Younis and wounded four other people. Gaza’s civil defence said its crews recovered seven injured people from the site of an Israeli attack on tents in al-Mawasi and transferred them to Nasser Hospital and the Red Cross Hospital.
Another child died from injuries sustained in an earlier attack in southern Gaza. A source at Nasser Hospital told Anadolu news agency that 10-year-old Walid Youssef Abu Jazar died after being wounded days earlier in an Israeli strike on al-Mawasi.
Reports of continuing attacks
Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Gaza City, said Israeli attacks have continued despite the ceasefire. He said Israeli drones struck makeshift tents in al-Mawasi, where thousands of displaced Palestinians had been sheltering under the terms of the deal.
Abu Azzoum said Israeli policy since the ceasefire has included sustained pressure on Gaza. He also reported continuing air raids and more drone activity overhead.
The accounts come as displaced Palestinians remain concentrated in tent camps across southern Gaza. Al-Mawasi and nearby parts of Khan Younis have repeatedly housed families who fled other areas during the war, according to reporting from Gaza cited by Al Jazeera.
Child deaths under scrutiny
The killing of Palestinian children in Gaza has drawn renewed attention after a United Nations report cited by Al Jazeera said Israeli forces had targeted children and that children made up about 30 percent of those killed since October 2023. The report framed the conduct as part of genocide, according to Al Jazeera.
Children’s rights campaigner Rachel Accurso, known as Ms Rachel, appeared with one of the report’s co-authors on Friday and said governments had failed to act. “We are watching children who are just like our own try to survive a genocide, and yet there’s been no action, no accountability,” she said.
Chris Sidoti, a UN commissioner who co-authored the report, described the findings as “absolutely heartbreaking” and said states have legal duties to act. He said action should have begun earlier but could still start now.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s war has killed at least 73,043 Palestinians since October 2023 and wounded 173,417 others. The ministry also says Israeli attacks have killed 1,031 Palestinians and wounded 3,309 since the October 2025 ceasefire.
This story draws on original reporting from Al Jazeera.