Two Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli drone attack in the town of Bani Suheila, in southern Gaza, according to Al Jazeera’s report from the area.

The source says medics reported the killings as Israeli military attacks continued despite a United States-brokered ceasefire with Hamas that came into effect the previous month. It identifies the children as brothers Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi and says they were struck near al-Farabi School in the town east of Khan Younis.

Al Jazeera reported that witnesses said drones dropped a bomb on a group of civilians gathering firewood on Saturday morning. The boys were taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis with critical injuries and later pronounced dead, according to medical sources. Those details place the attack in a civilian area and underline how the effects of the war continue even during a formal truce.

The report also says the targeted area lay beyond the so-called Yellow Line, the Israeli forces’ redeployment boundary under the ceasefire agreement. That matters because it suggests the strike occurred in a zone that should have been protected or at least demarcated under the truce. The article does not resolve the legal dispute around that line, but it does show why the attack drew immediate attention.

The same source says Israeli ground, naval and air attacks continued elsewhere in Gaza that day, including strikes in al-Qarara, the Tuffah neighborhood and eastern Rafah. Medical sources reported more injuries from artillery and air bombardment, and the Gaza Government Media Office said dozens of ceasefire violations had been documented. Those broader claims come from the same report and are included here only as context for the children’s deaths.

Even at the minimum factual level, the story is grim. Two children were killed while gathering firewood, a task that speaks to how desperate daily life remains in Gaza. The report suggests that civilian movement outside their homes is still exposed to deadly force, despite the ceasefire language. The article does not add a body count beyond what the source confirms, and it does not characterize the Israeli explanation because none is supplied in the excerpt.

What is verified is limited but stark: two brothers were killed by a drone attack in Bani Suheila, southern Gaza, and the strike occurred amid an ostensible ceasefire that has not stopped violence on the ground.

Ceasefires are only as meaningful as the discipline that follows them, and the source excerpt shows how fragile that discipline can be. A drone strike on children gathering firewood is the kind of event that can quickly harden distrust between the sides and put more pressure on humanitarian agencies operating in the strip.

The report’s mention of the Yellow Line gives the story added weight because it suggests a disagreement over where violence is still permitted or tolerated. Even if readers set aside the politics of the truce, the central fact remains that two brothers were killed while trying to collect firewood, a reminder that the daily struggle for basic needs remains dangerous.