On the evening of May 12th 2024, a child named Hani Arafat Abu Jalal was killed and at least 10 others were injured in an alleged Israeli airstrike on the Bisan Medical Center, located in the Bureij Refugee Camp in central Gaza.

On May 12th, the Palestinian Press Agency (Safa.ps) reported “Injuries as the [Israeli military] targeted Bisan Medical Center in Bureij Camp in the central Gaza Strip.” Al Jazeera and other sources reported this as well. According to Sada Pal News, “a Palestinian died and others were injured, some of them seriously” in the alleged strike on the medical facility. The next day, the Palestinian Press Agency reported that “one martyr and 10 injured arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as a result of an Israeli bombing [of] the Bisan Medical Center.” According to @TahrourWail, “the child, Hani Arafat Abu Jalal, died as a result of his injuries after the [Israeli military] bombed the Bisan Medical Center in Bureij last night.”

An Al Jazeera Palestine video taken in the aftermath of the alleged strike on the Bisan Medical Center shows numerous people, including emergency workers, navigating through rubble in the dark. At one point, rescuers emerge carrying a body on a stretcher, which they proceed to load into an ambulance. The person’s condition is unclear. According to a video report by Al Ghad TV, the medical center was empty but civilians were living in IDP tents nearby.

On Facebook, Hani’s father, Arafat Abu Jalal mourned his son’s passing, writing “goodbye, my beloved Hani, my son is a martyr” and sharing a photo of the boy. Facebook user Alburaij1948 mourned “the rise of Qamar Al-Bureij, the precious child/ Hani Arafat Abu Jalal ??.”

Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strikes to Israeli forces.