60 reported killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza

Al Jazeera reports that at least 60 people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza on Wednesday morning. It cited local medical sources.

Strikes hit the European hospital complex near Khan Younis and left large craters gouged into the ground and cracks in the courtyard outside the European Hospital complex, images from the AFP news agency show. A damaged bus was lodged in a hole in the road, reports BBC.

“Everyone inside the hospital – patients and wounded alike – was running in fear, some on crutches, others screaming for their children, while others were being dragged on beds,” Amro Tabash, a local photojournalist, told AFP.

Israeli media reported that the target of the strikes on the European Hospital complex was Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, brother of the group’s previous leader, Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli operation in October 2024. Israel’s military claimed to have hit what it called a “Hamas command centre” beneath the hospital.

Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using hospitals and other civilian buildings as operational bases, which Hamas has denied.