Between 8 November and the early hours of 12 November 2026, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 22 Palestinians, including two children and a woman, and wounded dozens more in a series of attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to documentation by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) field researchers. In a horrific crime, IOF directly targeted the Surgery Building at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing six Palestinians, including a doctor and a child, and wounding 25 others, including patients and medical personnel.
This attack is part of a continuing pattern of Israeli attacks on Nasser Medical Complex, which has previously been targeted and raided several times. These attacks have resulted in the killing of several people inside the complex, forming part of Israel’s repeated targeting of hospitals and medical facilities across the Gaza Strip, in flagrant disregard for the special protection afforded to these facilities under international humanitarian law and for the presence of patients, injured persons, and medical personnel inside them. Israeli attacks have targeted several hospitals across the Gaza Strip, causing extensive damage to the healthcare system and undermining its capacity to provide medical services to civilians.
The most significant attacks documented by PCHR’s field researchers were as follows:
At approximately 12:36 on Thursday, 12 November 2026, an Israeli warplane targeted the second floor of the Surgery Building at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis. The attack killed six Palestinians, including a child and a doctor, and wounded 25 others, including medical personnel, patients, and their companions. Those killed were identified as Jihad Na’im Mohammed Abu Teilekh (13), Dr. Rezeq Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Sh’eirah (51), Morad Tawfiq Mahmoud Abu Tharifah (44), Seif Ghazi Musalam Abu Hatab (28), Mohammed Nafez Mousa Abu ‘Awwad (27), and Khaled Soliman Ibrahim Abu ‘Anzah (53).
According to information collected by PCHR field researchers, Israeli warplanes struck Nasser Medical Complex with two GBU-39B bombs, which penetrated the upper floors of the al-Yasin Building and reached the surgery departments, causing damage inside the building and killing and wounding patients, their companions, and medical personnel. One of the bombs did not explode, posing an additional threat to patients and medical personnel inside the complex.
At approximately 17:45 on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, IOF issued an evacuation order covering an entire residential block near al-Tufah Elementary Mixed School, close to al-Sanafour Intersection in al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The order enticed fear and panic among residents and forced them to flee the area. Around 50 minutes later, Israeli warplanes targeted a house belonging to Hajjaj family, completely destroying it and causing material damage to nearby houses and tents.
At approximately 16:00 on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, IOF via military vehicles and cranes deployed in the Yellow Zone in the central Gaza Strip opened intermittent fire towards the western areas of the governorate. The shooting continued for approximately one hour. As a result, Ayman ‘Atallah ‘Obeid Abu Sa’id (45) was killed after being shot while near al-Bureij Cemetery in Block 8 of al-Bureij refugee camp.
At approximately 13:10 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a tent near Temraz Petrol Station, close to al-‘Oyoun Intersection on al-Jalaa’ Street in Gaza City. The attack killed three Palestinians, identified as Jamil Nafez Ahmed al-‘Absi (51), his brother Mahmoud (37), and Mohammed Nabil ‘Abdulatif Meqbel (30), and wounded four others.
At approximately 09:50 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at the rooftop of a house belonging to al-Khodari family, opposite Jozour Medical Clinic on al-Naser Street in Gaza City. The attack killed Hani Ibrahim Sa’id al-Khodari (44) while he was filling the rooftop water tanks.
At approximately 16:40 on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a lathe workshop belonging to Daloul family in al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, killing three workers inside. Those killed were identified as Ahmed ‘Abdel Karim ‘Abdullah Daloul (20), ‘Ali Na’im ‘Ayesh Abu ‘Asi (38), and Mahmoud Kamal Fares ‘Abdel Malek (20), who was the goalkeeper of Gaza Sports Club’s first football team. Six others were also injured. At approximately 16:00 the following day, medical sources at al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City announced the death of Mohammed Salem Nofal al-Dash (29), who had succumbed to his wounds.
At approximately 17:30 on the same day, IOF issued an evacuation order for a residential block on al-Moghrabi Street in al-Sabra neighborhood, without clearly identifying the place to be targeted within the block. The order spread fear and panic among residents living in houses and tents throughout the block, forcing them to flee their homes and places of shelter for fear of an imminent attack and possible injury.
At approximately 18:20 on the same day, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the abovementioned lathe workshop, which had been targeted earlier at approximately 16:40. The strike completely destroyed the workshop and caused extensive damage to nearby houses and tents. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 14:30 on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a tent in the middle of the yard of Mousa Ben Nussair Elementary School for Boys, behind al-‘Ashi Carpentry Workshop on al-Nafaq Street in Gaza City. The strike critically injured three Palestinians, who were taken to al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City for treatment.
On Wednesday, 11 November 2026, medical sources announced the deaths of ‘Alaa’ Khader Mohammed Ghabayen (52) and Sami Nabil Rasheed al-Shawa (35), who had succumbed to the critical injuries they sustained in the strike.
At approximately 11:50 on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at the Ministry of Endowments building, which was sheltering displaced persons, on al-Basateen Street in the ‘Asqoolah area in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. The attack killed Fadi Rajab Sabri Hajjaj (43) and his 12-year-old son, Abu Baker, and wounded three others, including his wife, who sustained critical injuries.
At approximately 09:20 on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, Israeli soldiers and military vehicles stationed in the Yellow Zone opened heavy, intermittent fire towards tents sheltering displaced persons and the remaining houses in the al-Batn al-Sameen area, south of Khan Younis. As a result, Tha’er Helmi ‘Alawi Breikah (26) was killed after being shot twice: once in the lower abdomen and once in the left thigh, with the bullet exiting through his buttock. He was brought to Nasser Medical Complex dead on arrival.
At approximately 07:00 on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, Israeli gunboats fired several shells at a group of fishermen sailing in their boats approximately 500 meters off the Fishermen’s Seaport in northwestern Khan Younis. As a result, one fisherman was injured, and two boats sustained damage.
At approximately 16:33 on Sunday, 8 November 2026, an Israeli drone fired two missiles, two minutes apart, at a group of Palestinians in al-Qadesiyah Camp, northwest of Khan Younis. As a result, a woman inside her tent and a young man who was passing through the area were killed. Those killed were identified as Nermeen Sa’id ‘Abdel Wahad Abu Teilakh (39) and Mahmoud Fadel Mohammed Abu Hammad (29). Eight others were injured and taken to Nasser Medical Complex for treatment.
IOF’s persistent targeting of Palestinian civilians, including displaced persons in their shelters, personnel in civilian facilities, and fishermen at sea, reflects the expanding scope of attacks on all aspects of civilian life in the Gaza Strip. The repeated targeting of hospitals and medical facilities, despite the special protection afforded to them under international humanitarian law, also constitutes a serious violation of the rules guaranteeing protection for the sick and wounded and for medical personnel.
PCHR calls on the international community to take immediate and serious action to compel Israel to halt its attacks on civilians, civilian objects, and medical facilities in the Gaza Strip; respect the special protection afforded to hospitals, medical personnel, and the sick and wounded under international humanitarian law; cease firing on tents sheltering displaced persons and residential areas; and ensure effective protection for the civilian population, fishermen, and personnel working in civilian facilities. PCHR further calls for those responsible for these crimes to be held accountable.
