In northern Gaza:

At around 13:15 on Saturday, 24 January 2026, an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on two children who were collecting firewood near Kamal ‘Odwan Hospital in the Beit Lahia Housing Project, northern Gaza Strip. As a result, the two children identified as Salman Zakariah Mohammed al-Zawar‘ah (14) and Mohammed Yousif Mohammed al-Zawar‘ah (15) were killed after sustaining shrapnel wounds to their bodies. They were cusins.

The targeted area lies outside the so-called “yellow zone,” approximately 300 meters south of the area where the IOF were stationed near al-Barawi petrol station on Beit Lahia Main Street. The area is entirely civilian in nature, underscoring that the attack was carried out in the absence of any imminent threat or military necessity.

The father was filmed begging for his child to wake up, to come home with him, to have the lunch his mother prepared.

Names of the martyrs:

1. Mohammad Yousef al-Zawar’a, 15
2. Salman Zakarya al-Zawar’a, 14

Southern Gaza:

A young man wad killed by Israeli fire east of Khan Younis.

3. Nour Farid Suleiman Abu Sitta

In its daily report, the health ministry said that hospitals received four civilian bodies, and 12 wounded people over the past 48 hours.