A child was killed by Israeli occupation forces east of Gaza.

A child was killed Thursday evening after being shot by an Israeli drone in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

According to local sources, an Israeli drone fired directly at civilians, killing three-year-old Amjad Hazem Abed in the Al-Muntar area of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood.

She added that a female citizen was injured by Israeli occupation forces' bullets after being shot by a drone in the town of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli military vehicles fired their weapons east of the town of Abasan al-Jadida, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.