Overview

• Local authorities reported at least 19 fatalities at the Khan Younis facility, with some tallies rising to 20 in preliminary counts.
• Four journalists were among the dead, with Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera confirming losses that included contributors and staff; NBC also reported a reporter killed.
• The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged an attack in the hospital area, announced a preliminary investigation and said it does not target journalists, expressing regret for harm to uninvolved people.
• Nasser, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, has operated under critical shortages and overcrowding, with officials citing more than 1,000 patients in a complex built for 340 beds.
• In a separate development, Israel said its air force struck Houthi military and infrastructure targets in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, including two power plants and a military complex, citing repeated Houthi missile and drone attacks on Israel.