Child killed in Gaza shooting incident

A Palestinian child was reported killed and several others injured by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip on March 24, 2026, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The incident was reported in multiple locations across the territory during the day.

WAFA reported that a 13-year-old boy, identified as Khaled Saif al-Din Arada, was shot and killed while inside a tent in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The circumstances of the shooting were not independently verified.

Additional injuries were reported in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah, where three individuals were wounded by gunfire, including a 17-year-old girl. Other incidents included three reported injuries in the al-Faluja area of Jabalia in northern Gaza and one injury near the Abu Asi station in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.

Medical sources cited by WAFA stated that the cumulative death toll in Gaza since October 7, 2023, had reached 72,263, with 171,948 reported injuries. The figures were not independently confirmed.

The same sources reported that since a ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, hundreds of additional casualties have been recorded, including those killed, injured, and bodies recovered from rubble. No immediate comment from Israeli authorities was included in the report.