Israeli forces carry out more deadly attack on Gaza since elections

Aisraeli taks killed 11 people today in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical sources, including six at Nasser Hospital in the south of the territory, on the deadliest day since the October 27th legislative in Israel.

Israeli forces confirmed the attack on the hospital in Khan Younis, stating that the target was “a high element of Hamas and other members of the armed arm of the Islamist movement,” who accused of using the hospital complex as a command center.

The army claimed to have targeted Mohammed Abu Ismail, described as Hamas Brigadier Commander in Khan Younis, who is responsible for “supervising terrorist activities” and operations against the Israeli military, as well as kidnappings during the war in the territory.

He also claimed that he issued prior warnings and performed a “surgical attack” to limit civilian casualties.

The Civil Defense of the authorities of the Palestinian enclave controlled by Hamas and Nasser Hospital recorded six deaths in this bombing.

Since the beginning of the war, more than three years ago, Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals for military purposes and the Nasser complex, one of the principals of the territory, has been attacked several times.

The Palestinian group denies this accusation, condemning a “false narrative” to justify the bombings.

His spokesman, Hazem Qassem, accused the Peace Council, created by the American President Donald Trump, to oversee the ceasefire in force since October 10th last year, of not stopping the attack.

The World Health Organization (WHO) lamented for its side “an additional deadly attack on health services in Gaza” and the existence of clinical personnel among victims.

Five other deaths were accounted for by Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, two of which in the center of the territory: one by Israeli fire near the refugee camp of al-Bureij and the other in a drone attack against a vehicle near Deir el-Balah.

Three more people, including one woman, were killed in two separate attacks, one carried out by a drone and the other who hit a vehicle near the entrance of the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, in the north of the enclave.

Contacted by the agency France Presse (AFP), the Israeli army claimed to have “achieved a terrorist” in Deir el-Balah and another in Gaza City, denying that the second attack occurred near the al-Shifa Hospital.

Finally, a nine-month-old baby was found dead today by hypothermia in the tent where his family had taken refuge in Khan Younis.

This was the deadliest day in the Gaza Strip since the elections of 27 October in Israel, which resulted in a political stalemate, although opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot was tasked to form a viable government in parliament, as an alternative to the outgoing executive headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.

On the same day of the strong attacks on the Palestinian enclave, Defense Minister Israel Katz said today that he does not need any “authorisation of the opposition” to order attacks on the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon or Iran.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot had a meeting today to discuss “diplomatic and security issues”, after the opposition leader and Yashar party! (Integrous!) had demanded regular updates on these matters and the appeal that the current head of the government not perform “dangerous maneuvers” in a post-election context marked by ibcertainty.

At the end of the meeting, the two leaders issued a joint statement stating that Gadi Eisenkot “was informed about the security and diplomatic challenges facing the State of Israel today” and that the two parties “have agreed to keep in touch for mutual updates as needed.”.

The attacks on the Gaza Strip occur after strong storms have ravaged the territory at the end of last week, flooding tens of thousands of tents of displaced people and causing the death of five people, including three children.

Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violating the ceasefire after two years of war triggered by Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023.

More than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the truce, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, which is considered reliable by the UN.