Key facts
- An Israeli air attack in Khan Younis killed two Palestinians.
- Several others, including a child, were wounded and taken to Nasser Hospital.
- An Israeli drone strike in Abasan al-Kabira east of Khan Younis also resulted in two Palestinian fatalities.
- Israeli military vehicles and warships engaged in sustained fire and shelling in eastern Khan Younis and Rafah.
- A separate Israeli missile strike on a tent in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, killed two named Palestinians and injured others.
- An earlier drone targeting a vehicle near at-Teena Street injured four Palestinians.
An Israeli air attack in the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, resulted in the deaths of two Palestinians and injured several others, including a child. The wounded were transported to Nasser Hospital.
Further details indicate that an Israeli military drone targeted a group of Palestinians inspecting their damaged homes in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, leading to the confirmed killing of two individuals, one identified as Saqer Anwar Qdeih. Simultaneously, Israeli military vehicles engaged in sustained machine-gun fire towards eastern Khan Younis, while Israeli warships conducted shelling along the coast of Rafah.
In a separate incident, Israeli occupation aircraft fired two missiles at a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, killing two named Palestinians, Eyad Mohammad Abdul-Aziz Nofal, 43, and Ahmad Abdul-Hamid Ma’rouf, 34, and injuring others. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society also reported that four Palestinians were injured earlier in the day when an Israeli drone targeted a civilian vehicle near at-Teena Street in Khan Younis. Additionally, several Palestinians were injured by an Israeli drone missile strike on Salahuddin Street in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington is not concerned about the Israeli attack, which Israel claims targeted an Islamic Jihad member plotting an attack.