Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza, damage hospital medical warehouses after Hamas disarmament deal
The attacks, which the Israeli military said targeted Hamas weapons depots, came a day after Hamas agreed to a US-brokered deal to end the war, but Israel has yet to confirm the agreement.
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed two Palestinians and severely damaged medical supply warehouses at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency, medical sources and the Palestinian health ministry. The Israeli military said it had struck five Hamas weapons storage facilities overnight, including a site adjacent to the hospital that it described as a hideout used by Hamas operatives.
The Palestinian health ministry condemned what it called a “heinous crime”, stating that two of the hospital’s four warehouses were obliterated and the remaining two suffered severe damage, with vital quantities of medical consumables lost. Dr. Munir al-Bursh, the ministry’s director-general, said the destruction turned “disease into a weapon of war”. The Israeli military, contacted by AFP, said it had targeted a Hamas terrorist in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, where Al-Shifa Hospital received one body, and a Hamas operative in Deir al-Balah, where Al-Aqsa Hospital received another.
The violence erupted less than 48 hours after US President Donald Trump announced that Hamas had agreed to a deal to end the war, including full disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal. Hamas confirmed the agreement, but Israel has not officially endorsed it. A political source told AFP that there would be “no withdrawal whatsoever” without Hamas’s “genuine disarmament”. Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim said “the ball is currently in the Israeli occupation’s court” and called on mediators to pressure Israel to halt ceasefire violations.
A ceasefire has been in place since October, yet Israeli strikes have killed more than 1,200 Palestinians in that period, according to Gaza’s health ministry, figures the UN considers reliable. The latest attacks underscore the fragility of the truce and the gap between the announced deal and conditions on the ground. With Israel yet to formally respond to the disarmament proposal and Hamas insisting on a full Israeli withdrawal, the path to implementing the next phase of the ceasefire remains uncertain.
| Arab Gulf press | −0.90 | critical |
|---|---|---|
| Arab Levant-Maghreb press | −1.00 | critical |
| Indian & South Asian press | 0.00 | neutral |
The Arab Gulf denounces Israeli hypocrisy: peace is announced while hospitals are destroyed.
By highlighting the contradiction between the ceasefire announcement and the ongoing attack, and amplifying the Palestinian Health Ministry's dramatic statement, the narrative makes the Israeli action appear as a deliberate violation of a diplomatic process.
Omits the Israeli military's claim that the strikes targeted Hamas weapons depots, and does not mention that Israel has not officially confirmed the ceasefire deal.
The Arab Levant and Maghreb cries out against the occupation: martyrs fall while a truce is being negotiated.
Using the vocabulary of martyrdom and the term 'occupation forces', the framing presents the events as a continuation of systematic violence, delegitimizing Israel's actions before any official response.
Omits the Israeli military's justification of targeting weapons depots and does not include the Israeli political source's condition that disarmament must precede withdrawal.
South Asia observes the facts with detachment: two dead, weapons depots hit, no Israeli confirmation.
By presenting both the casualty and damage figures from Palestinian sources and the Israeli military's justification side by side, the report avoids taking sides and leaves judgment to the reader.
Omits the Palestinian Health Ministry's emotionally charged statement that bombing medicine turns disease into a weapon of war, and does not feature the accusation of targeting hospitals.
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