In an attack on the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, at least 28 people were killed, according to the civil defense spokesperson Mahmud Bassal to AFP.
Earlier on Tuesday, the hospital was also attacked, located in the same area. Two people were killed there.
Confirming the attacks
The Israeli military confirms both attacks and claims that in both cases, it is about targeted attacks on "command centers" located in the hospitals – a frequently repeated Israeli accusation.
"The terrorist organization Hamas continues to use hospitals on the Gaza Strip for terrorist activities," the military writes.
Among the fatalities at Nasser Hospital is a photojournalist who, among other things, has been employed by the American news agency, reports the Israeli Haaretz. The photographer Hassan Eslaiah was injured in an Israeli air strike in April – for which he is said to have been the target – and was therefore hospitalized.
Hassan Eslaiah was one of several who documented the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which became the starting point for the war in Gaza. He has admitted to having traveled in the same car as Hamas terrorists, but claimed that he had no connections to the movement and only acted as a journalist.
Rockets from Gaza
After the October 7 attack, AP and CNN cut ties with Eslaiah after criticism from a pro-Israeli media watchdog, which, among other things, found previously taken pictures showing the photographer together with the now-dead Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
The Israeli military says on Tuesday evening that two rockets from Gaza towards Israel were shot down. A third projectile fell in an "open area". No people were injured.
Hamas-allied Islamic Jihad has taken responsibility for the rocket attack in a statement.
Israel has also shot down a drone from Yemen, which triggered the air raid alarm in Jerusalem.
