Israeli forces kill Palestinian child as Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens

Israel’s continued restrictions on aid deliveries leave Palestinian children particularly vulnerable, aid groups warn.Published On 1 Jan 2026Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian child in northern Gaza as hundreds of thousands of families across the bombarded enclave continue to reel from Israel’s continued restrictions on shelter supplies and other humanitarian aid.A medical source at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told Al Jazeera on Thursday that the child – identified as Youssef Ahmed al-Shandaghli – was killed by Israeli forces in the Jabalia an-Nazla area in the north of the territory.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading in flood-hit Gazalist 2 of 3Israel faces widespread condemnation as NGO ban comes into effectlist 3 of 3Hundreds of thousands march in Istanbul in solidarity with Gazaend of listThe exact circumstances surrounding the boy’s killing were not immediately clear.It comes as Israel has continued to carry out attacks across Gaza despite a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement that came into force in October, killing more than 400 Palestinians and injuring many more.Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries to the enclave have also worsened already dire conditions in the enclave, which has been largely reduced to rubble as a result of Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people there.On Thursday, local media outlets reported that a young girl died in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp due to extreme cold.Separately, the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza also reported that its teams recovered the bodies of a mother and child after a fire broke out in a tent sheltering displaced people in the Yarmouk area of central Gaza City.Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian families are residing in overcrowded displacement camps and makeshift shelters across the strip because their homes have been destroyed in Israel’s more than two-year-long war.