The Hamas Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, January 23, that Israeli forces had fired directly at a hospital in the town of Khan Younes, in the south of the Gaza Strip. “Israeli tanks fire heavily on the upper floors of the surgery building and the emergency building of Nasser Hospital, and dozens of injuries are expected”, says a press release from the ministry of the Palestinian Islamist movement. Questioned by AFP, the Israeli army, which had claimed earlier to have surrounded the city, did not comment on these allegations. Follow our live stream.
A heavy toll. The spokesperson for the Israeli army announced the death of 24 reservists, killed the day before in the Gaza Strip. This is the heaviest daily toll on the Israeli side since the ground offensive in Palestinian territory.
Fighting in Khan Younes. Israeli forces claim to have “surrounded” the entire town of Khan Younes, the epicenter of the fighting in the south of the Gaza Strip. The city is where Yahya Sinouar, the Gaza leader of Hamas considered the architect of the October 7 attack, was born.
Communications cut. The Palestinian telecoms operator Paltel announced this new cut as a result of Israeli military operations in the territory where the situation was already critical for civilians.