Palestinian Reports: 10 Killed in Gaza IDF Strikes Today
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Palestinian media reported ten people were killed in Gaza on Thursday by Israeli military strikes, including a man and woman near Al-Shifa Hospital and individuals in Deir al-Balah and Al-Bureij. Earlier, six died and over 20 were injured in a strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which the IDF said targeted Hamas terrorists using the facility as a command center. The IDF stated it took measures to avoid civilian casualties during the strike.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Ten Palestinians were reported killed in Gaza on Thursday by Israeli military strikes.
- An Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis killed six and injured over 20.
- The IDF stated the Nasser Hospital strike targeted Hamas terrorists and a command center.
- Hamas is accused by the IDF of using civilian and medical infrastructure for military purposes.
- A Palestinian doctor was among the casualties reported at Nasser Hospital.
Palestinian media reported on Thursday that the death toll from Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip had risen to ten. Quds News Network stated that a man and a woman were killed in an attack near Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City. Other reports from Gaza indicated one person died in a drone strike on a vehicle in Deir al-Balah, and another was killed in an attack east of the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. The IDF stated these strikes targeted "terrorists who posed a threat to our forces."
Earlier, six people were killed and over 20 injured in an Israeli strike that hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health and the Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson. This was described as one of Israel's deadliest strikes in Gaza in recent weeks. The IDF responded that the strike targeted terrorists hiding within the hospital and accused Hamas of establishing a command center within the medical facility's compound. The intended target was Hamas's Khan Younis brigade commander, Muhammad Abu Ismail, who assumed the role after his predecessor was assassinated approximately two months ago. The IDF did not confirm if Abu Ismail was killed in the strike.
According to the IDF spokesperson, observation posts and control rooms were set up at the hospital, weapons were stored there, and Hamas internal security forces conducted interrogations and torture of detainees within the premises. "The IDF and Shin Bet view with grave concern the cynical use by the terrorist organization Hamas of civilian and medical infrastructure for military purposes, endangering the lives of patients, medical teams, and civilians," a statement read. The military also claimed that "measures were taken to minimize the risk to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial observation" before and during the strike.
Gohar Rahbour, a British analyst volunteering at Nasser Hospital, told the Agence France-Presse that a Palestinian doctor named Rizk Abu Sheik was among those killed in the strike. "I was on my phone, reading something, and then the strike happened, just after midnight. It was very loud and very fast. The building shook," he recounted.
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