Palestinian family accuses Israeli army of kidnapping and murdering their child in Gaza

Palestinian family accuses Israeli army of kidnapping and murdering their child in Gaza Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Mon, 06/15/2026 - 14:22 Israeli soldiers shot dead three-year-old Rayan Abu al-Ajeen in central Gaza, then detained his wounded father with the child's body for hours before dumping them on a roadside, says family Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, at the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, 12 June 2026 (Reuters/Mahmoud Issa) Off Baha Abu al-Ajeen, 32, is a farmer who regularly goes to his farmland in the Wadi al-Salqa area, about 150 meters from the yellow line that Israel established to demarcate its forces within the Gaza Strip after the genocidal war of October 2023. At 6pm on Sunday, Baha left home in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, as usual, taking his three-year-old son, Rayan, and his brother-in-law, Khaled Abu Gharaba, to check on their farmland. However, the trip ended in tragedy.