Israeli attacks across Gaza on Sunday and Monday have killed at least two young children, as the IDF continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal.
On Sunday, a 13-year-old girl, identified as Eileen al-Farra, was hit by Israeli artillery shelling near the southern city of Khan Younis and suffered a head wound, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. After arriving at the Nasser Hospital, she died of her wounds, and a funeral was held for her on Monday.
On Sunday, an Israeli drone strike in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, killed three people, including Malik Wael Abu Shaweesh, an eight-year-old child. The adults killed in the attack were identified by WAFA as Ali Fayez Isbaitan and Hassan Salman al-Hanajra.
Gaza health officials told Reuters that since Saturday, the IDF has killed at least 12 Palestinians in Gaza, including four children. The spate of child killings comes after a UN commission released a scathing report that said the IDF has intentionally targeted children in Gaza, resulting in genocide.
The report, published by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, noted that the Israeli attacks on children have continued despite the so-called ceasefire deal that was signed in October 2025.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily update on Monday that since the deal was signed, Israeli forces have killed 1,045 Palestinians and wounded 3,380. In that same time, just four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, according to Reuters.
The last Israeli soldier who died in Gaza was killed in a “friendly fire” incident in February when other Israeli troops mistakenly identified him as part of an “enemy force,” according to the IDF. An Israeli civilian contractor who operated a bulldozer died in Gaza last week in what the IDF said was an accident when a building collapsed on the IDF-occupied side of Gaza, which accounts for more than 60% of the territory.
