Palestinian boy who survived airstrike dies during food aid drop

Ali Oroq’s grandson Zein died from his injuries after he was hit by an aid package airdropped on Gaza. Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

When an Israeli airstrike destroyed his family’s home in November, Zein Oroq was pinned under rubble. He was wounded but survived, while 17 members of his extended family died.

But Zein, 13, would later suffer a cruel fate in Gaza, where more than 2 million people have endured more than six months of food shortages and malnutrition.