Strikes on European and Nasser hospitals
Six bombs cratered courtyards and roads around the EU‑funded European Hospital near Khan Younis in what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said was an attack on a “Hamas command center” believed to shelter Mohammed Sinwar, brother of slain militant chief Yahya Sinwar.
A separate strike on Nasser Hospital killed Palestinian journalist Hassan Aslih and one other person; the IDF said it “eliminated significant Hamas terrorists” and accused Aslih of taking part in the group’s 7 Oct 2023 assault on Israel.
Local photojournalist Amro Tabash described “patients on crutches and staff dragging the wounded on beds” as explosions rocked the European Hospital.
Pause ends after hostage release
The raids came a day after Hamas freed 21‑year‑old Edan Alexander—captured during the 2023 attacks—under what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credited to “military pressure and the political pressure exerted by President Trump.”
“In the coming days we are going in with full force to complete the operation … a temporary ceasefire might happen, but we are going all the way,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
War toll
Israel’s campaign, launched after Hamas killed 1,218 people and abducted 251 on Oct 7 2023, has left at least 52,908 Palestinians dead, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Fifty‑seven hostages remain in Gaza, 34 of them presumed dead, Israel says.
Meanwhile, nearly half a million Palestinians in Gaza are already in “catastrophic” hunger and the enclave could slip into full‑blown famine unless Israel lifts its 10‑week aid blockade and halts military operations, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said on Monday.
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Source: Polskie Radio 24, The Guardian, AP News, CBS, The Independent, Axios