Eight-year-old Yamen Hisham Yahya Saqr passed away on Friday after being shot by Israeli forces earlier in the week in Qizan Rashwan, south of Khan Younis. Further north, rescue crews in the al-Waha area recovered the body of a 47-year-old man who was killed in an air strike three days prior. Military operations have persisted around Khan Younis, where Israeli drones recently released bombs in southern zones and vehicles fired heavily near Hamad City.
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Israeli military gunfire resulted in the fatal wounding of an eight-year-old child in sou…: Israeli military gunfire resulted in the fatal wounding of an eight-year-old child in southern Khan Younis.
Emergency responders are still retrieving victims killed in earlier Israeli air strikes a…: Emergency responders are still retrieving victims killed in earlier Israeli air strikes across the northern Gaza Strip.
Southern Gaza faces continued active operations involving Israeli drone bombings and heav…: Southern Gaza faces continued active operations involving Israeli drone bombings and heavy ground vehicle gunfire.
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Eight-year-old Palestinian boy succumbs to wounds from Israeli gunfire in Khan Younis
30 October 2026 18:03 GMT
An eight-year-old Palestinian boy died on Friday from wounds he sustained when Israeli forces opened fire in the Qizan Rashwan area, south of Khan Younis, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Yamen Hisham Yahya Saqr was shot by Israeli forces in the area on Wednesday.
Wafa also reported that Gaza's civil defence crews had recovered the body of a 47-year-old man from the al-Waha area, north of Gaza City.
It said he had been killed in an Israeli air strike there three days earlier.
Israeli drones dropped bombs south of Khan Younis on Wednesday, while Israeli military vehicles opened heavy fire east of Hamad City, north of Khan Younis.
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