Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike, relative says

A relative was killed in an Israeli air strike with a few family members at his home in Gaza.

According to the Civil Defense Agency operated by Hamas. Marwan Sultan and his favorite died on Wednesday in his apartments in the southwest Tal Al-Hawa region.

The Israeli army claimed that a “key terrorist” from Hamas in the city of Gaza had hit a “key terrorist” and as a result of the review of the strike, “civilians who did not participate” were damaged.

Meanwhile, at least five people were killed and others were injured in a strike on a “safe zone”, one of the other attacks reported by news agencies.

Ahmed Al-Sultan, a relative of Dr Sultan, said that they felt an explosion during the strike on Wednesday and went to the apartment.

“Marwan, his wife, daughters and son -in -law Muhammad I found the city,” he said.

The Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, said that Dr Sultan had a long career in the field of medicine and condemned “this disgusting crime against our medical staff”.

Dr Sultan’s career, “the most difficult conditions and constant aggression of our people under the most tried moments of devotion, determination and sincerity symbol,” he added.

Dr Sultan became director at the Indonesian Hospital, which was later out of service after what the UN described as “repeated Israeli attacks and sustainable structural damage”. The Israeli army said he had fought “terrorist infrastructure areas” in the region.

According to the UN, there are no longer hospitals in the North Gaza Governorate.

Ministry of Health blamed the Israeli army targeting medical and human teams.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that “he regretted any harm to individuals who do not participate” and “trying to harm them as much as possible”.

IDF said that Hamas systematically violated international law while using civil infrastructure and civilian population for terrorist activity as human shields.

However, Lubna Al-Sultan, the daughter of Dr Sultan’s doctor, said, “A F-16 missile targeted its room exactly where it was on it.”

“All the rooms in the house were intact outside the room shot by the missile. My father was martyred.” He said.

“He said he’s not depending on a movement or anything else, he’s afraid of patients [he] Treats during the war “.

The Ministry of Health said that at least 139 people were killed by Israeli military operations 24 hours ago on Wednesday afternoon.

According to news agencies, at least five people were killed in the Al-Mawasi region of Khan Younis, and others, including children, were injured in a strike that hit the displaced people in a tent.

Family members of the killed, while sleeping with the local time (22:40 BST) said.

Okay, Abu Rizq said to AFP “shook the place like an earthquake,” he said, “He went out and found his tent on fire.”

As the UN said that 80% of Gaza was under the Israeli military zone or evacuation order, the Al-Mawasi region was declared a “safe zone” by the Israeli army.

“They came here thinking that there was a safe area and they were killed … What did they do?” Maha Abu said Rizq.

At the scene, surrounded by destruction and personal items, a man grabbed a pack of diapers and asked: “Is this a weapon?”

The images recorded by AFP show that men leave a car in front of the nearby Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and carry blood -covered children inside their arms. In the hospital, little children cry while doctors treat their wounds.

In other AFP images, women cry on the bodies of their relatives at the funerals in the hospital.

“One of any religion should take action and say: Enough! Stop this war!” Ekram Al-Akhras, who lost a few cousins ​​in one of the strikes, said.

According to news agencies, four people from the same family in Gaza City reported that an Israeli air strike was killed.

According to WAFA after the Palestinian news, the four people were killed Ahmed Ayyad Zeno, his wife Ayat Zeno and their daughter Zahra Zeno and Obaida Zeno.

BBC contacted IDF to comment on two events.

Rachel Cummings, who worked with Save The Children in Gaza, said to journalists during the “apartments” in the child -friendly areas of the charity.

This week, as a heat wave spread to England and Europe, temperatures exceeded 30C in Gaza.

People living in tents, people, electricity and fans without fighting to stay cool and water can reach very little, he said.

Reda Abu Hadayed said that heat to Associated Press was “indescribable” and that their children could not sleep.

“They cry all day until the sunset, when the temperature falls a little, then they sleep,” he said. “When they come in the morning, they begin to cry again because of heat.”

Israel continued to bomb Gaza and control the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid, as mediators met. Negotize a potential ceasefire offer.

Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killed about 1,200 people, and took 251 back to Gaza as a hostage.

Since then, Israel’s military attack in Gaza has killed more than 57,000 people, including more than 15,000 children, according to the Ministry of Health of Hamas.