Palestinian reports on alleged Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Among the deceased were Reuters photographer Hussam Al-Masri and Al-Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, according to Gazan reports. Further strikes followed as civil defense teams worked to rescue victims from the initial blast.
Nasser Hospital director Dr. Atef El-Hout, told Al-Araby TV that the IDF struck the fourth floor without prior warning. “Several operating rooms are out of service due to the damage. We currently have around 1,000 patients, but our capacity is limited to 140 beds,” he said.
A senior IDF official told CNN on Sunday that the number of Hamas terrorists in the city remains unclear, but the army expects to confront well-entrenched operatives within an extensive underground terror tunnel network.
Subsequent airstrikes will target numerous sites previously spared due to population density, with Defense Minister Israel Katz warning that any confrontation will “open the gates of hell” in Gaza, which he called “Hamas’s capital.”
