An Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, killing one person. Palestinian sources identify the fatality as Misra Khawaja, a medic working for the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. The report is based on a single source and has not been independently verified.
An Israeli UAV strike hit a vehicle in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis on Monday afternoon. A single unverified Palestinian source identifies the fatality as Misra Khawaja, a medic with the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. No independent confirmation of the identity, affiliation, or whether the individual was a combatant has been published.
The desk first reported the strike at 13:23 Jerusalem as an IDF strike on a vehicle west of Khan Yunis with casualties reported. At that same time, further local accounts said the vehicle was struck near the Al-Omda café in Mawasi, killing two operatives and wounding one. A separate drone strike on Mawasi beach on June 17 killed two and wounded six, according to Gazan sources. Previous strikes in the Mawasi corridor—including one on June 8 that the desk reported as eliminating two operatives in a targeted vehicle strike in Khan Younis—have been described by the IDF as targeted operations.
As The Zioneer reported on June 7, an IDF strike near the al-Nas junction in Mawasi killed at least five people and wounded 15, according to Gazan sources. The area has been the focus of repeated Israeli operations, with airstrikes and drone strikes reported throughout June.
The number of casualties and the precise circumstances of the strike remain unverified. The IDF has not commented, and the single-source identification of Khawaja as a medic has not been corroborated by an independent or official channel.
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