The child, identified as Youssef Ahmed al-Shandaghli, was killed by Israeli forces in the Jabalia an-Nazla area of the north of the territory, according to a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday.
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The boy’s death’s exact circumstances were not immediately known.
More than 400 Palestinians were killed and many others were injured in Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza in spite of a US-brokered ceasefire agreement that was signed in October.
Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians there has also worsened already dire conditions there, which have also been largely reduced to rubble as a result of the country’s enclave’s already dire conditions.
A young girl died in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Thursday from the extreme cold, according to local media outlets.
Separately, the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza reported that its teams had recovered the bodies of a mother and a child in the tent that had been a refuge for displaced people in the Yarmouk neighborhood of central Gaza City.
Because of Israel’s more than two-year-old war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families have been living in overcrowded displacement camps and temporary homes across the strip.
To help families survive the dangerous winter conditions, the UN and human rights organizations have urged the Israeli government to allow tents, blankets, and other supplies into Gaza.
Despite growing international condemnation that its policy is putting Palestinian lives in danger, Israel has ignored the calls to lift its aid restrictions.
At least five Palestinian children died in Gaza in December as a result of a lack of adequate shelter, according to the UN’s child rights agency (UNICEF) earlier this week.
Ata Mai, a seven-year-old Palestinian boy, died on December 27 in a makeshift displacement camp northwest of Gaza City in the midst of heavy rain, wind, and freezing temperatures.
According to a statement from UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa regional director Edouard Beigbeder, Ata went missing in the afternoon, and despite heavy machinery’s search and rescue efforts, his body was only found hours later.
All efforts must prioritize meeting this crucial need, according to Beigbeder, adding that “children in Gaza have endured enough and have the right to protection and safe shelter.”
Additionally, a full range of life-saving and life-sustaining supplies are urgently needed, including items that have previously been denied or restricted, on a large-scale basis.
Israel also made the warnings on Thursday, as it made the decision to impose a ban on international aid organizations that work with Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
37 aid organizations’ operating licenses have been suspended in Israel because they failed to adhere to new government rules that mandate detailed information on their staff, funding, and operations.
Source: Aljazeera
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