An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian boy in an area east of Khan Younis on Tuesday, as Israeli forces continue their assault on Gaza despite a ceasefire coming into force in the enclave in October.
The child was identified as Adel Lafi al-Najjar, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa and was aged nine.
The latest killing brings the post-ceasefire death toll in Gaza to 818, with more than 2,278 wounded, and a further 761 bodies have been recovered since the truce came into force on 11 October 2025.
Israeli forces carried out airstrikes and shelling of several areas of Gaza on Tuesday, including in Beit Lahia, the Jabalia refugee camp, and eastern Khan Younis .
Israel's continued destruction of Gaza comes as plans for the enclave's reconstruction have stalled, with Israel continuing to block the entry of key equipment and officials associated with the enclave's new civilian administration.
Clearing Gaza's rubble could take seven years to complete, the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) says, assuming accelerated, unimpeded access for heavy machinery and consistent fuel supplies, which are generally scarce in Gaza under Israeli restrictions.
UNDP has so far removed about 287,000 tons of rubble, but that is just the "tip of the iceberg", according to the head of the agency's Gaza 0ffice, Alessandro Mrakic. Settlers loot homes, forcibly expel Palestinians Israeli settlers have continued their attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with Israeli forces providing cover for the raids.
On Tuesday morning, settlers seized a Palestinian home in the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, and raised an Israeli flag on its roof, Wafa reported.
Security sources said the settlers entered the area under the protection of Israeli forces and took over the home of Khairi Abu Khdeir.
The army then raided the village, dispersing residents who had attempted to stop the settlers.
A day earlier, settlers set fire to a Palestinian home and forced out its residents in the village of Jalud, south of Nablus.
The attack was part of a large-scale raid on the village by dozens of settlers, who assaulted residents and stormed several homes.
Umm Shadi al-Tubasi, whose home was set alight by the settlers, said the attacks have been ongoing for 10 days.
"At night, their attacks escalate and they try to force us out of our home, and we tell them this is our house,” al-Tubasi was quoted by Anadolu Agency as saying.
“I fear for my children’s lives, not my own,” she added.
According to Jalud village council head Raed al-Nasser, nearly 17,000 dunams of the village's 23,000 dunams have already been seized for settlement expansion. Israel bars Palestinian preachers from al-Aqsa Two prominent Palestinian preachers were barred on Monday from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for one week, amid continued Israeli encroachment on the holy site.
Sheikh Raed Salah and Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib said Israeli authorities summoned them for questioning and handed them the one-week ban.
The preachers slammed the ban as "invalid" and "unjust", describing it as an "assault on our religion".
Khatib, a former deputy head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, said his ban would likely be extended.
“It is clear that next Sunday there will be a decision to extend the ban to six months by the Jerusalem District Police commander,” he was quoted by Anadolu as saying.
Recent weeks have seen continued settler raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, with Jewish extremists raising an Israeli flag in the mosque's compound during Israel's so-called 'Independence Day' celebrations.
Earlier this year, Israeli authorities closed the mosque for several weeks beginning in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, drawing international condemnation.