Israeli strike kills Hamas Rafah brigade commander in Khan Younis
Hamas confirmed Samir Abu Younis, 53, was killed. Al Jazeera reported the strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people in al-Mawasi, wounding two.
Israel's military said it struck a senior commander in Hamas's armed wing in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, and Hamas said on Sunday that the commander, Samir Abu Younis, was killed.
The Israeli military and the Shin Bet security agency said in a joint statement that the target was a senior Hamas military commander hit in a drone strike in Khan Younis on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. Reuters carried the Israeli military's announcement that it had struck a senior armed Hamas commander.
Hamas's military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced Abu Younis's death, according to Anadolu Agency. Arab News reported that Hamas confirmed the death and said the funeral would be held on Sunday afternoon in Khan Younis. Abu Younis, 53, commanded the Rafah brigade in the armed wing and had been a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades since 1991, Arab News reported.
Al Jazeera reported that the strike hit the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, a coastal strip on the Mediterranean crowded with displaced Palestinians living in tents, and that it struck a tent sheltering displaced people. Two other people were wounded and taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, medical personnel told Al Jazeera. The broadcaster said footage it verified, posted by Palestinian journalists near the hospital, showed ambulances inside the grounds and stretchers that appeared to be stained with blood. Al Jazeera also reported that Israel has repeatedly attacked al-Mawasi although it had earlier designated the area a humanitarian zone.
Gaza's Ministry of Health said on Saturday that Israeli attacks had killed 16 people and wounded 68 in the previous 48 hours, Al Jazeera reported. The ministry said 1,643 Palestinians had been killed and 5,964 wounded since a ceasefire took effect on 11 October 2025, and that at least 850 bodies had been recovered from under the rubble. It put the total since October 2023 at 74,695 killed and 176,093 wounded.
The ministry also said the number of deaths linked to cold had risen to 11, after a nine-month-old baby died of hypothermia, the first such death this winter, according to Al Jazeera. Heavy rain has caused water damage to the tents and damaged buildings where most of Gaza's residents are living, the broadcaster reported.
How the reports differ
Al Jazeera placed the strike in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, described it as a drone strike carried out on Saturday according to a joint military and Shin Bet statement, and reported two wounded taken to Nasser Medical Complex, details the other reports did not carry. Arab News said the military announced the strike on Sunday and gave Abu Younis's age, his 1991 entry into the Al-Qassam Brigades and the timing of his funeral in Khan Younis. Anadolu Agency led on the Al-Qassam Brigades' announcement of the death. Reuters reported only the Israeli military's statement that it had struck a senior armed Hamas commander. Al Jazeera was alone in giving the health ministry's tolls and the deaths attributed to cold.
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