Death toll in Khan Younis rises to 27: Medical sources
We earlier reported on the Israeli assault on eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza that killed 17 people.
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera Arabic that the death toll has risen to 27.
Graphic video footage shared online and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency Sanad showed the arrival of a truck loaded with bodies and injured people at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.
The video that we are not using due to the distressing images showed bodies of children, including one who appeared to be just several months old.
Meanwhile, in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Israeli bombing of a family house killed at least two Palestinians and injured a number of others, according to the Wafa news agency.
Palestinians flee eastern Khan Younis after Israel launches attacks
Israeli drone strikes Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah
We were sitting and suddenly we heard a huge explosion. Some of our colleagues fell on the ground. We did not realise that this was coming from inside the hospital.
People started screaming. We’re talking about a place that has thousands of displaced Palestinians and then we saw fire erupting and smoke rising.
We realised the target was inside the hospital, where one Palestinian was killed and three others were injured. But it’s obviously an Israeli drone strike and that’s why it was a small strike.
This is not the first time the Israeli forces target a tent inside Al-Aqsa Hospital. This happened a couple of months ago where a number of Palestinians were killed and injured.
This is a place where people seek refuge in, all the tents are close to each other. Until this moment, people are still trying to put out the fire. Everyone is terrified.
Qassam Brigades claims bombing Israeli military site in central Gaza
The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters targeted an Israeli military “command headquarters” in the so-called Netzarim Corridor with 114mm short-range missiles.
The Netzarim Corridor, named after a Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was set up during the war by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from the south.
Qassam Brigades claims hitting Israeli army bulldozer, tank in Rafah
The armed wing of Hamas has said its fighters targeted the two vehicles with Yasin 105 rockets in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, on the western outskirts of southern Gaza’s Rafah city.
The group also said on Telegram that it struck the advancing Israeli forces in the northeast of the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza with mortar shells.
Gaza death toll surpasses 39,000
At least 39,006 people have been killed and 89,818 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the enclave’s Health Ministry says.
The ministry added in a statement on Telegram that 23 Palestinians were killed and 91 wounded in the past 24 hours before this morning in three separate attacks across Gaza.
The death toll did not include the killings in Israel’s latest attack on eastern Khan Younis.
