![Palestinians mourn for Yusuf Mohammed al-Rizq, who was born while his mother was in an Israeli prison, after he was killed in Israeli attack on his home in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza Strip on July 12, 2025. [Dawoud Abo Alkas - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AA-20250712-38541271-38541261-PALESTINIAN_YOUTH_BORN_IN_ISRAELI_PRISON_KILLED_IN_ISRAELI_ATTACK-scaled-e1752338420261.jpg)
A 17-year-old Palestinian boy, once known as the world’s youngest freed prisoner, was killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on central Gaza, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office, Anadolu reports. Youssef al-Zuq died after an Israeli drone struck his family’s apartment on Al-Thawra Street in Gaza City in the early hours of the morning, the office said in a statement. Zuq was born in 2008 inside an Israeli prison after his mother Fatima al-Zuq was arrested a year earlier while pregnant. She had been leaving Gaza for medical treatment when she was detained by Israeli forces. Fatima later discovered her pregnancy while in detention and gave birth behind bars. She raised Youssef for nearly two years in harsh prison […]
