Around 9:10 pm, an Israeli airstrike directly struck Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the main hospital that remains functioning in southern Gaza.

A doctor working at the hospital confirmed that the in-patient surgical ward was directly hit. The hospital director announced that the surgery ward is completely out of service as a result of the strike which caused significant damage to the walls and ceiling.

At least two people were confirmed killed while others were injured among the medical staff and patients.

The airstrike was carried out to assassinate member of Hamas' politbureau member Ismail Barhoum who was receiving medical treatment from a previous strike about a week prior.

The victims include a teen patient who was killed: 16 year-old Ibrahim Sami Barhoum. Ibrahim was a young Quran Hafiz and was also receiving treatment for injuries at the hospital. He was operated on by American trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa and was supposed to be discharged from the hospital on the next day.

Weapons expert Trevor Ball drew similarities betweent he fragments of the missile with another unidentified Israeli missile used in Lebanon months prior.