Israeli strike kills two people including a 3-year-old boy, Gaza medics say

CAIRO, - An Israeli airstrike killed two Palestinians, including a three-year-old child, in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said.

Gaza medics said the Israeli airstrike near ‌a bakery ⁠in ⁠Deir Al-Balah killed one man, Hussam Nusair, a three-year-old boy, Tayyem Hamdan, and wounded several others.

The Israeli military said it attacked a Hamas militant, without giving further details.


An October ​2025 U.S.-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.

Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire and undermining efforts to implement a broader plan by U.S. President Donald Trump ‌to end the Gaza conflict, which also includes Israeli withdrawals and ​Hamas disarmament.

More ​than ⁠1,300 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.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi in Cairo and Steve Scheer in Jerusalem; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)