Israel has warned it will step up attacks on Gaza over the flying of kites [Getty]
Israeli airstrikes killed one Palestinian man and wounded several others in Khan Younis, southern Gaza on Tuesday.
The deceased was named as 23-year-old Amir al-Kadash, who was killed when a drone targeted a gathering of civilians.
Another Palestinians, Bureij camp resident Abdul Majid Ahmed Hijab, succumbed to his wounds sustained a day earlier when the Israeli army targeted his motorcycle along the Salah al-Din Street.
Monday saw Israeli strikes kill at least four Palestinians, including a child, in a series of airstrikes across the enclave.
The Israeli attacks have continued despite US-led peace efforts and a plan accepted by Hamas which would see the Palestinian faction disarm.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said the death toll from Israel’s war had risen to 73,431 since October 2023, with six Palestinians killed within the past 24 hours and one body recovered from a previous attack. A further 36 people were wounded in the same period.
The ministry noted that several victims remain trapped under the rubble, with ambulances and civil defence teams unable to access the areas bombed by Israel.
On Monday, Gaza’s Government Media Office said Israel had killed more than 21,500 children and targeted 1,244 of Gaza’s 1,275 mosques since the start of the war.
The United Nations on Tuesday slammed Israel’s threat to expel people from areas where kites, drones and balloons are launched from in Gaza, lamenting “unacceptable rhetoric” coming from Israeli leaders.
“On the threat of expulsion due to children’s kite flying, I hope we can all agree that this is outrageous,” UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.
Israel warned on Sunday that it would step up attacks in Gaza if launches of kites, drones and balloons towards Israel continued. The warning has been seen as targeting the freedom of children in Gaza to enjoy a pastime after having had their lives ravaged by war.
Israeli media reported that four kites were found in communities near the Gaza border on Saturday and one was shot down by the army on Sunday, bringing the total number recovered in recent days to around 10.