Key facts
- A Palestinian child was wounded by Israeli army gunfire near Gaza City.
- The incident occurred in the al-Sudaniya area, a camp for displaced people.
- A medical source confirmed the child sustained moderate injuries.
- In a separate incident, a Palestinian child was critically wounded by Israeli forces east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
- Doctors have reported treating children with sniper wounds to the head and chest.
A Palestinian child sustained moderate injuries from Israeli army gunfire near Gaza City, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. The incident occurred around dawn in the al-Sudaniya area, a camp for displaced people in the northwestern Gaza Strip.
In a separate report, Wafa detailed that a Palestinian child was critically wounded on Monday by Israeli occupation forces east of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Local sources identified the child as 10-year-old Ahmed Attallah Ahmed Fayyad. In a related incident, a woman was wounded by gunfire from an Israeli machine gun mounted on a crane east of Gaza City.
Doctors working in Gaza hospitals have reported treating children with severe injuries, including sniper shots to the brain and chest. Dr. Fozia Alvi, a Canadian doctor, described treating young children with such wounds, noting that children constitute more than one in three of the total fatalities in Israel's assault on Gaza. Some physicians indicated that the nature and location of wounds, along with eyewitness accounts, suggest victims were directly targeted by Israeli troops. UN experts have also accused the Israeli military of targeting Palestinian civilians, including children, who were evidently not combatants.
The overall death toll from the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has risen to 72,280, with 172,014 wounded since October 7, 2023. Hospitals have received bodies of two slain Palestinians and one wounded person in the past 24 hours. Fatalities since a ceasefire on October 11 have surged to 705, with over 1,913 injuries reported. Thousands of victims remain trapped under collapsed buildings, with emergency responders facing challenges in reaching them due to a lack of equipment.