By Abdul Adil
London, (The Muslim News): A Palestinian teenager was killed in an Israeli drone strike while attempting to reach a wounded man following an earlier strike in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, according to eyewitnesses who spoke to Anadolu.
Mohammad Al-Zeinati, believed to be no more than 15 years old, was returning from a Qur’an memorization class Tuesday when he witnessed a drone strike that wounded a young man, identified as Sharif Labad, and left him lying on the ground.
Amid ongoing bombardment, Al-Zeinati rushed toward Labad in an apparent attempt to help him. Video footage showing the incident was later widely circulated on social media.
Before he could reach the wounded man, however, a second drone strike hit the area, killing both Al-Zeinati and Labad and injuring others, according to eyewitness accounts.
The incident occurred when an Israeli drone targeted a gathering of Palestinians in Sheikh Radwan, northwest of Gaza City, the eyewitnesses said.
Footage of the incident shows Al-Zeinati returning to the area and moving toward the wounded man before the second strike. The video prompted widespread grief and anger on social media, with commentators focusing on the teenager’s attempt to assist someone who had been wounded.
Mohammad Haniyeh wrote that Al-Zeinati had been returning from a Qur’an memorization class when a young man in front of him was struck.
“His instinct drove him toward him with a group of young men, only for them to be struck again and Mohammad to be killed,” Haniyeh wrote.
Mohammad Al-Za’anin described the footage as documenting “the final story of the child Mohammad Al-Zeinati as he tried to save another victim.”
Akram Obeid praised Al-Zeinati’s actions, describing him as “a small child but with the conscience of a man” who rushed to help those who had been wounded before he and others were struck.
Sanaa Abu Al-Qara described the incident as a “documented crime,” saying that “a child trying to save a life” had been killed in a second drone strike.
Abdel Latif Al-Razihan referred to the deaths of Al-Zeinati and Labad, writing: “Innocence and humanity are buried under bombardment.”
Mai Maghrabi summarized the sequence by writing that Labad was hit by one drone and Al-Zeinati by another when he attempted to approach him.
Mohammad Othman alleged that the second strike was deliberate, arguing that Israeli forces knew people would move toward strike sites to rescue the wounded. That claim could not be independently verified.
At Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, footage documented the aftermath, including Al-Zeinati’s father grieving over his son’s body, which was wrapped in a white shroud.
The deaths come amid an ongoing ceasefire agreement that has been in place since October 2025. Palestinian authorities say Israeli forces have continued to carry out airstrikes, shelling and gunfire in different parts of the Gaza Strip and have killed 1,381 Palestinians since the ceasefire took effect.
Israel launched its war on Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023. According to Palestinian figures cited in the original report, more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 174,000 injured. Palestinian authorities have also reported extensive damage to Gaza’s infrastructure.
Memorial shroud bearing names of Palestinian children unveiled in New York
An interfaith coalition unveiled Wednesday a 100-meter (328-foot) memorial shroud bearing the handwritten names of more than 20,000 Palestinian children reported killed in Gaza at the UN Church Center in New York.
Organizers said the project is intended to restore an individual identity to each child rather than reduce the victims to statistics, using the message: “Not a number, but a name.”
The Gaza Children’s Shroud was prepared by Doctors Against Genocide, Priests Against Genocide USA, Justice for All and partner organizations. Organizers said the initiative also seeks to call for an end to Israeli military operations and accountability for alleged war crimes.
The ceremony at the UN Church Center featured a recitation of the Qur’an and an interfaith gathering held during the opening of the UN General Assembly.
The project draws inspiration from an Italian memorial created in Rome by Pastors Against Genocide. Organizers said its concept was influenced by the practice reported in Gaza of parents writing their children’s names directly onto their bodies so they could be identified if their homes were bombed.
The exhibition was initially launched at Philadelphia City Hall on Sept. 1. Organizers said it is scheduled to travel to Washington in October and then to a different city each month as part of a year-long international campaign.
According to UN reporting cited by the organizers, Israeli military attacks have killed more than 20,000 children and injured about 44,000 in Gaza since October 2023.
[Photo: Palestinian woman Tagreed Al-Dalu visits the rubble of her family’s destroyed home in Gaza City, Palestine on September 14, 2026. Having survived seven separate bombings trapped beneath debris, Al-Dalu lost approximately 190 members of her extended family of over 200, including her mother, siblings, and other close relatives. Displaced 31 times throughout the ongoing war, she suffers from severe respiratory and speech difficulties as a result of critical injuries sustained during the repeated Israeli airstrikes. Photojournalist: Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/AA]
