Israeli strikes leave five dead in Gaza

Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said.

Medics said an Israeli drone killed the child, Adel Al Najjar, in eastern Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, while an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City, killing four people.

Regarding the strike in Khan Younis,the Israeli military said it had targeted an individual who posed a threat to Israeli troops by approaching the "yellow line" that demarcates the part of Gaza occupied by Israel. It did not provide evidence that the individual had posed any threat.

The Israeli military said the strike in Gaza City targeted what it said was a "terrorist", without providing evidence.

At Nasser Hospital's morgue, relatives arrived to bid farewell to Najjar's small, white shrouded body.

Women cried next to the body, which lay on a medical stretcher on the floor, and men held a special prayer before carrying him to the cemetery for burial.

The boy was collecting cardboard that the family uses for cooking, relatives said.