al jazeera

By Lyndal Rowlands and Alastair McCready
   Ministry of Health in Gaza says staff digging graves in grounds of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis amid siege; “No one can enter or exit the facility”: UN report.
   Countries and international agencies denounce an attack by Israeli tanks that killed several people at a UN-run training centre housing thousands of displaced people in Khan Younis.
   Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reports Israeli forces have imposed a “complete curfew” around El Amal Hospital as Israel continues its assault on Khan Younis.
   International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue a decision on Friday in South Africa’s case against Israel over alleged genocide in Gaza.
   At least 25,700 people have been killed and 63,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attacks stands at 1,139.

    If you’re just joining us

    It’s just after 7am (05:00 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.

    Here are the main developments overnight:

   The UN humanitarian agency OCHA reports that “no one can enter or exit” Nasser Hospital due to bombardments nearby, including 400 dialysis patients.
   Four children were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a residential area in Nuseirat refugee camp, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
   Wafa also reports that dozens of people were killed in an Israeli bombing of Omar bin Abdul-Aziz Mosque in Rafah on Wednesday.
   The International Court of Justice will deliver its response to South Africa’s request for emergency measures to protect Palestinians from “irreparable harm” on Friday.

    Israeli military investigates deadly attack on UNRWA shelter in Khan Younis

    The Israeli military says it has launched an investigation into an attack on a UN shelter in southern Gaza that killed at least nine people on Wednesday, but said it has already concluded that it was not the result of an “aerial or artillery strike” from its forces.

    “After an examination of our operational systems, the [Israeli army] has currently ruled out that this incident is a result of an aerial or artillery strike,” the military said in a statement.

    A “thorough review of the operations” is under way, it said, adding that it was also “examining the possibility that the strike was a result of Hamas fire”.

    Tom White, the director of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), said that two “tank rounds” hit the UNRWA centre in Khan Younis that is providing shelter to some 800 Palestinians, killing nine people and injuring dozens more.

    The deadly attack on the UN shelter has been universally condemned.