Israeli attacks on Gaza and occupied West Bank kill two, including child

What Happened

On Wednesday, an Israeli drone strike hit a tent in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, a zone Israel had classified as a 'safe zone,' killing a 12-year-old child named Ahmed and wounding at least seven others, according to health officials at Nasser Medical Complex and Al Jazeera reporter Hind Khoudary. The same day, an Israeli special forces unit, identified by the Israeli news site Walla as the Duvdevan unit, raided the town of al-Yamoun in the northern occupied West Bank, surrounded a house, and shot dead Mohammed Nazem Zayed, 29, leaving him to bleed; the Palestinian Health Ministry stated that Israeli forces withheld his body. Gaza's Ministry of Health reports that since the October 2025 ceasefire took effect, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,027 people and injured 3,280 others, with the cumulative war death toll since October 2023 reaching 73,041. The strikes occurred as a United Nations commission of inquiry released a report finding that Israel deliberately targets Palestinian children as part of an ongoing genocide, noting that children continue to be killed even after the ceasefire.

Key Actors

Why It Matters

The killings of a child in a designated safe zone and a man during a raid expose the fragility of the October 2025 ceasefire, with Israeli forces continuing lethal operations in both Gaza and the West Bank. The UN commission's genocide findings—specifically on deliberate child targeting—escalate international legal and diplomatic pressure, while the high cumulative death toll and medical supply restrictions deepen the humanitarian crisis. This pattern risks derailing truce talks and fuels accusations of ceasefire violations.

Watch For

Immediate responses from Hamas or Palestinian factions to the al-Mawasi and al-Yamoun killings; potential emergency UN Security Council session following the commission of inquiry report; new casualty figures from Gaza's Ministry of Health amid ongoing medical supply bans; and whether Israel changes its safe-zone designations or operational rules in Gaza. In the West Bank, monitor for further raids and settler violence, and whether the Palestinian Authority seeks ICC action over the withheld body.