Hamas has confirmed that Rafah brigade commander Samir Abu Younis was killed in an Israeli air strike on the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Israel's military and the Shin Bet security agency said in a joint statement that they had targeted a senior Hamas military commander in a drone strike in Khan Younis on Saturday.
The attack hit a tent sheltering displaced people and wounded two others, who were taken to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, according to medical personnel. Video verified by Al Jazeera and posted by Palestinian journalists showed ambulances inside the hospital grounds and stretchers that appeared to be stained with blood. Al-Mawasi, a coastal strip on the Mediterranean, is crowded with displaced Palestinians living in tents, and Israel has repeatedly attacked the area despite having previously designated it a humanitarian zone.S1
Gaza's Ministry of Health said in its latest update that Israeli attacks had killed 16 people and injured 68 others over the previous 48 hours. Since the ceasefire took effect on October 11, 2025, Israel has killed at least 1,643 Palestinians and injured 5,964, and at least 850 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble. Since Israel began its war on Gaza in October 2023, at least 74,695 people have been killed and 176,093 injured, according to the ministry.S1
The ministry also reported that deaths related to cold have risen to 11, after a nine-month-old baby died from hypothermia, the first such death this winter. Most of Gaza's residents have been displaced and are living in tents and damaged buildings, as water damage from recent heavy rains has set in. Israeli attacks have escalated across Gaza despite the October ceasefire.S1
