On Wednesday, March 25, 2026, a fisherman named Ghassad al-Bouji was reportedly seriously injured, sustaining wounds that left his leg at risk of amputation, in an alleged Israeli naval strike near Street 5 in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

According to several social media accounts, including those of users Said El Haji and Jamal_A_Salem and the Hamas-affiliated Quds News Network (@qudsn), Ghassad had reportedly gone out to sea to earn a living and was preparing for his wedding when he was hit by shells said to have been fired by the Israeli navy, leaving him seriously wounded. The local pages Gaza Plus and Voice of the South reported similarly, describing him as having been “pursued by the [Israeli] shells” off Khan Younis and seriously wounded.

In a video shared online, Ghassad’s brother, Ahmed al-Bouji, described as a 28-year-old nurse at the Kuwaiti Hospital, said he had received a call while at work that his brother had been shot near Street 5. According to Ahmed, eyewitnesses reported that Ghassad was first shot and then struck by a missile, and that his injured leg would have to be amputated. He questioned what his brother had done to deserve the attack, saying that Ghassad had only gone out “to earn a living” and was being punished after becoming engaged.

A graphic image circulated by sources showed a young man lying on a hospital stretcher, his eyes closed and an oxygen mask over his face, partially wrapped in a gold-coloured emergency thermal blanket, with medical equipment visible behind him. The image carried the Arabic caption “لقمة دامية” (“a bloody livelihood”).

The earliest report among those identified, published by @qudsn on X, was posted at 1:48 p.m. local time, suggesting the incident occurred before that.

All sources that identified a belligerent attributed the attack to Israeli forces.