Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two; medical supply warehouses hit
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- Israeli strikes on Saturday (August 1, 2026) killed two people in Gaza and "significantly damaged" a hospital's medical supply warehouses, according to Gaza's civil defence agency and medical sources.
- The Israeli military said it struck five Hamas weapons depots across Gaza, including one it said was "located adjacent to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah" and "used as a hideout by Hamas terrorists."
- Al-Aqsa Hospital received one body and several injured from a drone strike in Deir el-Balah; the Palestinian health ministry said two of four medical warehouses were "obliterated," two more severely damaged, and the adjacent outpatient clinic significantly harmed.
- The strikes came one day after Hamas announced it had agreed to a deal ending the war that includes handing over its weapons and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
- A political source told AFP that Israel has not officially commented on the agreement, but that "there will be no withdrawal whatsoever" without Hamas's "genuine disarmament."
- Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City received one body and several injured following an Israeli drone strike in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood.
- Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP "the ball is currently in the Israeli occupation's court" and called on mediators to "pressure Israel to halt violations and breaches of the ceasefire."
Why it matters: The strikes expose the gap between diplomatic announcements and battlefield reality. With Israel conditioning withdrawal on "genuine disarmament" rather than a signed agreement, and with two hospital medical warehouses obliterated one day after a deal was announced, mediators and civilians have no operational ceasefire framework to lean on — raising the material cost borne by patients and the wounded who depend on those destroyed supplies.
