Israeli strike kills boy in Gaza as Qataris say vessel struck in Gulf, and other Mideast news

Israeli strikes on Gaza killed eight people, including a boy. Qatar's national gas company reported that one of its vessels was struck in the Persian Gulf. The U.N. is calling for an investigation into the death of a staffer who was being held by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday. Read our full coverage here.Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 8, including 4-year-old boyA strike in the southern city of Khan Younis killed five people, according to Nasser Hospital, where the bodies were taken. Another strike in Gaza City killed three people, including the boy, and seriously wounded a woman, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the casualties.The Israeli military said that it had struck several militants in the southern city of Khan Younis, as well as one Hamas militant in northern Gaza.The war started when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted