Civil defence official killed in separate strike in central Khan Younis

The Palestinian Civil Defence has said that the deputy director of its fire and rescue department was killed while trying to rescue wounded people after an Israeli strike destroyed a building in the centre of Khan Younis city.

According to the rescue organisation, Colonel Muhammad Osama Hamad was killed and eight other crew members injured when Israeli forces targeted the building a second time while they were working to recover the dead and wounded.

The strike is separate from the attack we reported earlier on Mawasi, west of Khan Younis city, which has killed at least 50 people.