GAZA, December 27, 2024 (WAFA) – Emergency teams in the Gaza Strip today retrieved the bodies of two children who were killed by Israeli occupation forces in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondent reported that the bodies of the two victims, identified as 16-year-old Yusuf Ibrahim Abu Mahareb and 14-year-old Mohammed Ghiyad Abu Mahareb, were recovered from the Abu al-Ajeen area, east of Deir al-Balah in the central part of the Gaza Strip.
Meantime, a number of individuals were killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone attack in Jabalia al-Balad area, located in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to local sources, the victims were targeted by an Israeli drone, leading to fatalities and injuries.
The identities of the individuals have not yet been disclosed, and the exact number of casualties remains unconfirmed.
At least 14,500 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip since last year, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said earlier this week.
More than 45,300 people, mostly women and children, have been killed and over 107,700 injured since the outbreak of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza in October 2023, according to local health authorities.
Last month, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
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