The Israeli army stated that the attacks that resulted in the death of two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip targeted members of Hamas, but a teenager also died from Israeli fire.
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22/10/2026
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O israeli army today said that the attacks that killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip targeted members of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on a day when a teenager also died from Israeli shooting.
The army did not refer to the death of the 17-year-old teenager, who died in the area of Al Faluya, in the refugee camp in Jabalia, in statements to the Spanish news agency EFE.
The child's body was transported to Al-Shifa hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the enclave authorities controlled by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement.
In the city of Gaza (north), an Israeli drone launched two missiles against a vehicle in the Tel al Hawa district, causing the death of one man and serious injuries in another, according to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, and cited by the EFE.
In the south, an Israeli air strike against a young man circulating on an electric bicycle west of Khan Yunis caused three wounded, transported to the Naser medical complex, and one of them died shortly thereafter.
More than 340 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the ceasefire on 10 October 2025, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Gaza Strip authorities today have raised to 1,540 the number of deaths in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire came into force.
Since the beginning of the Israeli offensive following Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023, the number of deaths exceeds 74,469, while the number of Gaza residents injured, many with permanent amputations and injuries, is around 175,500, according to data from the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.