Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of three Palestinians, local health officials and medics said. Among the dead was a 9-year-old boy who medics reported was killed by an Israeli drone in eastern Khan Younis, in the southern part of the enclave.
Officials also said an Israeli airstrike struck a vehicle in Gaza City, killing two people and wounding several others. The Israeli military had not issued an immediate comment on either incident.
At the morgue of Nasser Hospital, relatives gathered around the small, white-shrouded body of the boy, identified as Adel Al-Najjar. Women wept beside the body, which lay on a medical stretcher on the floor, while men performed a special prayer before carrying him to the cemetery for burial.
Relatives said the boy had been collecting cardboard that the family uses for cooking. They described this practice in the context of acute shortages and restrictions affecting daily life. "We don’t have gas. We collect cardboard to bake, they want to eat; they want to drink," said Sabreen Al-Najjar, a family member.
Medics and relatives also noted that Gaza has had no electricity since the war began in October 2023, and that Palestinians have complained about Israeli limitations on the entry of cooking gas into the territory.
Violence in Gaza has continued despite a ceasefire that took effect in October 2025, with Israel conducting attacks on Palestinians almost daily, according to the reporting. Local medics say at least 800 Palestinians have been killed since that ceasefire began. Israel reports that militants 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," said Suhaib Al-Najjar at the morgue.
Both Israel and Hamas have accused the other of violating the ceasefire.
Health authorities in Gaza report that more than 72,500 Palestinians have been killed since the Gaza war began in October 2023, and they say most of the dead were civilians. Israeli tallies state that Hamas' attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, resulted in 1,200 deaths.
Scene accounts from the hospital morgue and the family statements highlight the immediate human toll of the strikes and the broader disruption to basic services such as electricity and fuel supplies for cooking. The reported incidents add to the casualty figures documented by local health officials and underscore continuing exchanges of fire and mutual accusations of ceasefire violations.