Medics said an Israeli drone killed ​the child, Adel Al‑Najjar, in eastern Khan Younis in the south of ‌the enclave, while an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City, killing two people and wounding several others.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either incident.

At Nasser Hospital’s ​morgue, relatives arrived to bid farewell to the small, white‑shrouded body of ​Najjar.

Women cried next to the body, lying on a medical ⁠stretcher on the floor, and men held a special prayer before carrying him ​to the cemetery for burial.

The boy was collecting cardboard that the family uses ​in cooking, relatives said. There has been no electricity in Gaza since the war began in October 2023, and Palestinians have complained of Israeli restrictions on the entry of cooking gas.

“We ​don’t have gas. We collect cardboard to bake, they want to eat; ​they want to drink,” said one of the boy’s relatives, Sabreen Al-Najjar.

Violence in Gaza has persisted ‌despite ⁠an October 2025 ceasefire, with Israel conducting almost daily attacks on Palestinians.

At least 800 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire took effect, according to local medics, while Israel says militant attacks 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,” another relative, Suhaib Al‑Najjar, said at the morgue.

Israel and Hamas have blamed each other for ceasefire violations.

More than 72,500 Palestinians have been killed since the Gaza ⁠war began ​in October 2023, most of them civilians, according ​to Gaza health authorities.

Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli ​tallies.