{"id":1968,"date":"2026-06-30T08:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2026-06-30T08:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:37:50","slug":"3-year-old-shot-dead-in-gaza-as-u-n-report-accuses-israel-of-targeting-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=1968","title":{"rendered":"3-year-old shot dead in Gaza as U.N. report accuses Israel of targeting children"},"content":{"rendered":"

They were supposed to be safe.<\/p>

Bahaa Abu al-Ajeen was walking his 3-year-old son, Rayan, back to the tarpaulin-covered shack they called home, a makeshift dwelling providing some shelter from the sun on a war-ruined farm in central Gaza.<\/p>

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The pair walked in what was designated as a safe area for civilians close to the \u201cyellow line,\u201d a boundary marked with yellow blocks and flags that divides Palestinian-controlled parts of Gaza from areas under Israeli military control. But al-Ajeen, 38, said that as they were confronted by Israeli soldiers, he froze.<\/p>

\u201cAt that moment, I did not know whether to move forward or backward,\u201d he said. As Rayan began screaming, al-Ajeen, whose family has long farmed in the area, picked up his son and began walking again.<\/p>

That\u2019s when the soldiers fired what the Israeli military later described as \u201cwarning\u201d shots.<\/p>

The third shot struck Rayan in the head, al-Ajeen told NBC News from al-Aqsa Hospital on June 15, a day after the incident. \u201cAfter that, they shot at me, as well.\u201d<\/p>

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