Gaza, 12 November, 2026 (Ghufran): An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza killed six Palestinians and wounded more than 20 others early Thursday, according to Gaza’s Civil Defence. The strike targeted the second floor of the Al-Yasin building at the hospital complex in western Khan Younis, causing extensive damage to its intensive care and surgical wards, the hospital director said. Israeli Army Radio described the attack as an “assassination operation” but provided no further details to substantiate the claim. Meanwhile, five Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza City and the Bureij refugee camp on Wednesday, while another succumbed to injuries sustained in an Israeli strike on Tuesday. In a separate attack, a 20-year-old Palestinian football goalkeeper was also killed in an Israeli airstrike, just five days after participating in the final of a football tournament held in honour of athletes and sports officials killed since October 2023. Mahmoud Kamal Fares Abdel-Malek, captain and goalkeeper of Gaza Sports Club, was killed on Tuesday in the Sabra neighbourhood of southern Gaza City, the Palestinian Football Association said. His death raised the number of Palestinian athletes and sports workers killed since October 2023 to 1,017, according to the association. Gaza Sports Club secured second place in the Gaza and Northern Gaza division of the Thousand Martyrs Cup, whose final was held on November 5. The tournament, which began on September 4, marked the resumption of organised football following a prolonged suspension caused by the war and destruction of sports facilities. More than 200 teams from Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon participated in the competition. The association had earlier announced that Israeli forces shot dead 15-year-old Mohammed Nidal Barbakh, a player at Al-Najma Sports Academy, while he was playing football with friends in Al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, on Saturday. The latest airstrike came amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on October 10, 2025. Since October 2023, Israeli military operations in Gaza have killed more than 74,600 Palestinians and wounded nearly 176,000 others, with women and children accounting for most of the casualties. The conflict has also destroyed approximately 90 per cent of the territory’s infrastructure.