Gaza (QNN)- Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian brothers just weeks apart while they were collecting firewood in southern Gaza, amid Israeli ceasefire violations and ongoing daily attacks, with more than 210 children killed since the start of the agreement.
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Local sources confirmed that 9-year-old boy Adel Al-Najjar was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli strike east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Adel was killed after Israeli aircraft targeted the area.
The boy was collecting wood used by his family for cooking and lighting, according to relatives, as Israel has cut electricity to Gaza since the war began in October 2023. Palestinians and organizations have also reported restrictions on the entry of cooking gas and fuel into the enclave.
"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.
"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, according to Reuters.
Reports and local journalists confirmed that his brother was also killed by Israeli fire under similar circumstances in the same area, approximately one month earlier.
In a video circulating on social media, his father confirmed that Adel is the second child he has lost, both killed by Israel.
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There has been a spike in Israeli attacks in the war-torn Strip despite the ceasefire.
Israel has violated the ceasefire which took effect in October more than 2,400 times, killing hundreds and blocking the entry of much-needed aid.
Israeli forces have killed more than 818 Palestinians since the ceasefire, including over 210 children. Over 30 of those killed were in this month alone.
Over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began on October 7, 2023. More than 20,000 children were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in two years of its genocidal war, according to a Save the Children report in September. The charity said that, on average, at least one child was killed every hour, over 1,000 of them under one year old, with thousands more suffering injuries, trauma or separation from parents.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk condemned Israel’s recent violence in the Gaza Strip, saying that “the unrelenting pattern of killings” reflects Israel’s “sweeping impunity”.
“For the past 10 days, Palestinians are still being killed and injured in what is left of their homes, shelters and tents of displaced families, on the streets, in vehicles, at a medical facility and a classroom,” Turk said.
