Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, shoot child dead in Nablus

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, shoot child dead in Nablus Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 08/23/2026 - 14:35 The child was shot in the chest during a raid on Askar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank A fireball rises during an Israeli strike in Maghazi, central Gaza, 23 August 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off A 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid on a refugee camp east of Nablus on Sunday, as Israeli military operations and settler attacks continued across the occupied West Bank and air strikes killed at least three Palestinians in central Gaza. The Palestinian child was shot in the chest during an Israeli raid on the Askar refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported, quoting a medical source. In central Gaza, two Palestinians were killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp and the town of az-Zawayda, Al Jazeera reported, quoting a source at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.