Palestinians begin repairing European Hospital ahead of Gaza City evacuation

Palestinians have begun to clean up and renovate the European Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, as part of preparations for the evacuation of Gaza City.

Earlier this week, the IDF said that the European Hospital, which was closed after the military raided and sealed a Hamas tunnel running underneath it, was slated to resume operations.

A security official said the UN and international aid groups were formulating a plan to restart the hospital “as an additional medical response” for the estimated one million Palestinians who are set to be displaced from Gaza City when the IDF launches its offensive there. The military also warned medical officials in northern Gaza to prepare to move their equipment to hospitals in the Strip’s south.

Footage published by Palestinian media yesterday shows medical staff cleaning up the hospital, as well as an excavator at work in the compound, after the IDF allowed them to enter the area.

On May 13, Hamas leader in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar, and other top commanders in the terror group were killed in an airstrike on a tunnel running underneath the hospital. The military raided the medical facility in June, capturing their bodies and sealing the tunnel underneath it with concrete.

مشاهد من داخل المستشفى الأوروبي بخان يونس بعد سماح جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي للفرق الفنية بإعادة تشغيله pic.twitter.com/N5zWE7nuMU

— وكالة سند للأنباء – Snd News Agency (@Snd_pal) August 23, 2025

الطواقم الطبية تعمل بجد لتهيئة المستشفى الأوروبي جنوب شرق مدينة خانيونس للعمل مجددا pic.twitter.com/EW59PCq0nQ

— القسطل الإخباري (@AlQastalps) August 22, 2025