GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, April 17 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Thursday that Israeli fire killed four people, including one child, in different locations across the Palestinian territory.
Violence continues despite a ceasefire in the Gaza war that came into effect on October 10, with both Israel and Hamas regularly accusing each other of violations.
Saleh Badawi, 9, "was killed and taken to Al-Maamadani Hospital after being hit by Israeli fire in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, southeast of Gaza City", in northern Gaza, Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency, told AFP.
He added that "two brothers" were killed earlier in the day "following an Israeli drone strike" near a school in Beit Lahia, also in the north, and another man, 38-year-old Mohsen Ouda Al-Dabbari, was "killed by Israeli fire" near Khan Yunis, in the south.
The Israeli army told AFP that it killed "two terrorists" in Beit Lahia on Thursday after they crossed the Yellow Line, which marks the boundary of the area under Israeli control, and approached its soldiers in a manner that constituted an immediate threat.
The army told AFP that it was verifying reports concerning the child and man killed in the south.
Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills four, including child
FE Team | Published: April 17, 2026 23:44:04
Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills four, including child
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