The key facts

  • Six Palestinians, including a child and a doctor, were killed in the attack on the Nasser complex in Khan Younis, and 30 more were wounded
  • Hundreds of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Atara near Ramallah: one elderly man was beaten, four houses and three cars were damaged
  • The Palestinian side said Israel's actions violate the ceasefire agreement of October 10, 2025

Statement after two attacks in one day

The Palestinian presidency said on Thursday that Israeli policy is keeping the entire region 'on the edge of a volcano' and held Israel responsible for the consequences of the escalation in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The statement by presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh was distributed by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Attack on the hospital in Khan Younis

The statement was prompted by two events in a single day. In the southern part of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli strike on one of the buildings of the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis killed six Palestinians, including a child and a doctor, and wounded 30 more. According to the Palestinian side, the strike came amid Israel's continued violations of the ceasefire agreement announced on October 10, 2025. Abu Rudeineh pointed to the daily deaths of dozens of Palestinians in Gaza and warned that the closure of crossings and the denial of access for medicines, tents and food are worsening the population's suffering with the onset of winter.

Raid on Atara in the West Bank

The second event took place in the West Bank: early on Thursday morning, hundreds of settlers, under the protection of Israeli forces, stormed the village of Atara near Ramallah. According to the presidency, an elderly Palestinian was beaten and wounded, and four houses and three cars were damaged or destroyed. Abu Rudeineh called the attack part of a pattern of repeated assaults aimed at 'intimidating residents and burning their property and land'.

Appeal to the US and context

The spokesman held the Israeli government responsible for the consequences of the escalation and called on the United States to take a serious and immediate position to stop the attacks and 'curb settler terror' if Washington wants to achieve calm in the region. According to the agency, since the start of Israel's war in Gaza in October 2023, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 176,000 wounded, most of them women and children; in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, both settler violence and military raids have intensified over this period. These figures and assessments are provided by the Palestinian side and have not been independently confirmed in the available materials.