The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) said they carried out a strike overnight on Thursday in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, targeting Muhammad Abu Ismail, whom they described as commander of Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade 1.
According to the IDF and ISA, as summarized in the event material, other militants were also said to be hiding in the Nasser Hospital compound. The two agencies said Abu Ismail held hostages captive during the war, and that the compound had been turned into a Hamas headquarters used to advance attacks. These are Israeli claims and were not independently confirmed in the available sources 1.
The IDF also said it issued advance warnings and used precision munitions to reduce harm to civilians. The IDF statement as quoted did not say whether Abu Ismail was killed, and it gave no casualty figures 1.
A separate Telegram channel, Abu Ali Express, reported that a senior Hamas official was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis overnight. The channel said six people were killed and about 30 were wounded. It did not name the official in the excerpt available, and it is a single, unverified account of the toll 2.
The same channel said the strike hit the Elyassin building about half an hour after midnight. That detail comes only from this channel and could not be matched against the IDF statement 2.
The strike follows other reported incidents in the area. An earlier report described an Israeli strike on tents in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood that killed three, and another reported drone strikes in Gaza City that killed six. The latter was unconfirmed.