Palestinian child killed by Israel on first day back at school in Gaza

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An eight-year-old Palestinian girl, Wafaa Yousef Nabil Akila, and her father were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their car in western Gaza City on Sunday. The Israeli military stated the strike targeted a Hamas militant, identified as Youssef Akila, and that it was examining the outcome, while the incident drew outrage online due to the child's death on her first day back at school.

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Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 09/07/2026 - 18:07 Wafaa Akila, aged eight, was photographed smiling in her blue school uniform hours before an Israeli strike killed the little girl and her father Images of eight-year-old Palestinian girl Wafaa Akila are circulating on social media after an Israeli strike killed her alongside her father in Gaza City on Sunday (Social media/X) Off An eight-year-old Palestinian girl, whose age was confirmed by al-Shifa hospital, was killed alongside her father in a

Palestinian child killed by Israel on first day back at school in Gaza

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