The raid targeted the head of Hamas’s General Security Apparatus, a role like Israel's Shin Bet, responsible for protecting leaders and tracking Israeli troops. Palestinian medics reported at least three deaths, including two children and a woman, from airstrikes and drone attacks amid the gunfire.
Israel called it a success to remove threats, while Palestinian accounts stressed civilian losses in the rubble-strewn Al-Katiba area near the American Hospital. Defense Minister Israel Katz said operations will continue until Gaza is demilitarized.