A drone strike hit Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza on July 10, 2026, injuring at least six people—three in the hospital courtyard and three nearby. No one died in this particular attack. Medical staff and the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported the incident.

This happened in an area Gaza's population calls the Green Zone. This is territory controlled by the Israeli military. When a drone strikes inside a military-controlled zone, especially at a hospital, it raises a basic question: if even secured areas aren't safe, where are people supposed to go?

Palestinian health officials say this attack is part of a pattern of targeting hospitals. They asked the United Nations and aid organizations to speak out. That's their interpretation of what's happening—one side of a dispute, not an independently confirmed fact.

Kamal Adwan has been hit before. In December 2023, a strike killed at least four people and wounded nine. In January 2026, another strike nearby killed two children. The Israeli military has stated it targets the hospital because it says Hamas military leaders and weapons are located there. That's the Israeli side of the dispute.

But the Israeli military has said nothing publicly about this July 2026 strike. There's no claim of responsibility, no explanation, nothing. That means we only have the Palestinian and hospital accounts right now. In conflicts like this, that's important to note—accounts need corroboration when they come from just one side.

The attack on July 10 was not isolated. Palestinian sources reported at least a dozen people were wounded across Gaza that same day. Overall, the war has killed at least 73,110 Palestinians since October 7, 2023. Since the ceasefire began in October 2025, at least 1,084 more have been killed.

That's the troubling part. A ceasefire is supposed to mean the fighting stops. But over 1,000 deaths in nine months suggests something is still wrong—either the ceasefire is being broken repeatedly, both sides disagree about what it allows, or the fighting has just changed shape rather than stopped. The reporting available doesn't answer which one.

What we do know: Kamal Adwan keeps getting struck. This has happened many times over two years. Each time, it exposes a fundamental disagreement that no ceasefire has solved: when armed groups operate near hospitals, or are said to, do those hospitals stay protected? That question was here before this ceasefire, and it will likely be here long after.