Palestinian child dies after Israeli drone strike as Gaza death toll rises

GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) — An eight-year-old Palestinian child has died from wounds sustained in an Israeli drone strike on a civilian vehicle in Gaza City, raising the death toll from the attack to four as Israeli genocide continues across the besieged enclave despite a ceasefire agreement.

Medical officials at Al-Shifa Hospital said Fadi al-Deiri succumbed to injuries suffered in Tuesday evening’s strike on a civilian vehicle in the Sabra neighborhood. The attack initially killed three Palestinians, including a child, and wounded three others.

In a separate incident on Wednesday, Gaza’s Civil Defense said an Israeli naval gunboat opened fire near the Gaza City port, wounding a Palestinian woman.

Israeli artillery also shelled eastern and southern areas of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.

In southern Gaza, Israeli military vehicles fired toward tents sheltering displaced Palestinian families in the Al-Mawasi area northwest of Rafah. No casualties were immediately reported.

The latest attacks come despite a ceasefire agreement that has officially remained in force since Oct. 10, 2025, with Palestinian officials accusing Israel of repeatedly violating the truce through continued airstrikes, shelling, and attacks on civilian areas.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israeli attacks carried out since the ceasefire took effect have killed 1,072 Palestinians and wounded 3,463 others as of Monday.

Since launching its genocide on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and injured over 173,000, according to Palestinian health authorities. 

The offensive has devastated the territory, destroying or damaging nearly 90% of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and leaving much of the population displaced amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.