Israel–Palestine–Lebanon

Beit Lahia, northern Gaza: Israeli gunfire kills a Palestinian child, named by Quds News Network as Tamer Shadi Suboh, WAFA reports

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Beit Lahia, northern Gaza (town-level, estimated)
Actors
Israel · Palestine
Importance
Standard

A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli forces' gunfire in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on 18 October 2026, WAFA reported, citing medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital who said the child succumbed to the wounds. Quds News Network named the child as Tamer Shadi Suboh. WAFA said five Palestinians, including two children, had been killed and 11 injured by Israeli shelling and gunfire across the Strip since dawn that day; that Strip-wide figure is not attributed to this incident. No Israeli military statement on the incident was read.

  • Fatalities: Best 1 · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Child killed by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, Palestinian child Tamer Shadi Suboh has been killed by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip · One child killed, per WAFA and Quds News Network; the Strip-wide daily toll is not counted here.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: Child killed by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, Palestinian child Tamer Shadi Suboh has been killed by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip

WAFA citing al-Shifa Hospital medical sources; name given only by Quds News Network (unverified lead); age and exact place in Beit Lahia not given; no IDF statement read.