Four-year-old boy dies from injuries sustained in Gaza attack three weeks ago

A four-year-old boy has died from injuries he sustained in an Israeli attack in the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza three weeks ago, according to Wafa news agency. The child was identified as Osama Ahmed Abed.

The death raised the number of people killed in Gaza since the start of Israel's war on October 7, 2023, to 74,382, according to the toll cited in the report. The figure covers fatalities recorded across the territory over the course of the conflict.

Az-Zawayda is located in the central part of the Gaza Strip. The report did not provide further details about the circumstances of the attack in which the boy was injured, nor did it specify the date on which he died.

The casualty figure cited by Wafa has not been independently verified by Shia.pk. Casualty counts in the conflict have varied between sources, and the report attributed the number to Palestinian figures.

According to Mehr News, citing Wafa news agency, the boy's death brings the reported total of those killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, to 74,382.