Gazan media reports clash between Hamas, armed clansmen at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis

Reports from Gaza: Gunfire exchange between Hamas and armed clansmen at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis yesterday.

Media outlets in Gaza report that a confrontation broke out yesterday between Hamas operatives and armed members of the influential Barbakh family clan at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.

Footage shared on social media captures sounds of gunfire during the confrontation, and burned vehicles and damaged equipment can be seen in the vicinity of the hospital.

There are no known casualties as a result of the clash.

The Hamas-run interior ministry says that “armed individuals operating outside of the law” entered Nasser Hospital, fired weapons inside the facility, set fire to ambulances, and destroyed equipment.

Hamas police forces reportedly clashed with the gunmen, expelled them from the hospital, and arrested several of them.

Anti-Hamas media outlets in Gaza report a different version of events, however, saying that members of Hamas’s “Sahm Unit — a unit tasked with enforcing order and pursuing those accused of theft or collaboration with Israel — killed a member of the Barbakh family and then fled to Nasser Hospital.

According to these reports, armed members of the Barbakh clan pursued them, resulting in the confrontation. The reports further claim that Hamas forces used ambulances and fired toward homes belonging to the Barbakh family members.

A Telegram channel affiliated with Hamas’s Sahm Unit claims that Hamas acted against a member of the clan involved in the theft of humanitarian aid entering Gaza. The post does not specify the fate of that individual.