Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill two, including 4-year-old boy

CAIRO:

Two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least two people, including a 4-year-old boy, and wounded seven others, Palestinian health officials said.

One of the strikes hit a building in Zawayda town in the centre of the enclave and followed a warning by the Israeli army for the owners of the property to leave the area, residents said.

Medics said flying debris and shrapnel that spread for dozens of metres around had wounded at least six people, including the 4-year-old, Mohammad Abdel-Salam Taha, who was later pronounced dead at hospital.

"There is no ceasefire, there is nothing," said Abu Ahmed, a displaced Palestinian who was sheltering close to the building, which the airstrike reduced to a pile of mangled steel and concrete.

"We want solutions, we want to live in peace," he said. The second airstrike took place in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, the health officials said. Israel's military said it was looking into both strikes.

An October 2025 US-backed ceasefire halted major fighting in the shattered territory, but it failed to end strikes by the Israeli military, which it said aimed to thwart attacks by Hamas and other Gaza militants.

The military said in a statement late on Saturday that it had struck and killed a senior Hamas militant, Sharif Al-Hasnat, in the city of Deir Al-Balah. It said he was leading efforts to restore Hamas' "underground infrastructure".

Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire and undermining efforts to implement a broader plan by US.

President Donald Trump to end the Gaza conflict, which also includes Israeli withdrawals and Hamas disarmament.

More than 1,280 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect last October, according to Gazan health officials, while the Israeli military says four Israeli soldiers have been killed.