Gaza: The death toll Israeli aggression crossed 24,700 as the forces fires drones at a hospital in Khan Younis.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has reported that at least 142 more Palestinians have been killed and 278 others wounded by Israeli attacks on Gaza in the 24 hours.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said displaced people were injured “due to intense gunfire from the Israeli drones targeting citizens at Al-Amal Hospital” as well as the rescue agency's base. The military said it was checking the report.
Nearby in the same city, Israeli tanks were also approaching Gaza’s biggest remaining functioning hospital, Nasser, where people reported hearing shellfire from the west. Residents also reported fierce gun battles to the south.
Israel has launched a major new advance in Khan Younis this week to capture the city, which it says is now the primary base of Hamas fighters.
The World Health Organization says most of the enclave's 36 hospitals have stopped working. Only 15 are partially functioning and those are operating at up to three times their capacity, without adequate fuel or medical supplies, it says.
UNOCHA also confirmed that the Israeli forces destroyed Israa University in Gaza City, after they used the campus for more than two months as a base and “an ad hoc detention facility for interrogating Palestinian detainees before their transfer to an unknown location”.
