The Israeli military has said it struck a Gaza hospital housing Hamas fighters in a raid that, according to the Palestinian group, killed a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack last month, AFP reports.

The strike, which Hamas says happened at dawn, ended a brief pause in fighting to allow the release of a US-Israeli hostage.

The military says in a Telegram post that “significant Hamas terrorists” had been “operating from within a command and control centre” at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza’s main city.

“The compound was used by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF (army) troops,” it said.

In a statement, Hamas said the strike killed a journalist and wounded a number of civilians.

“The Israeli army bombed the surgeries building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis at dawn on Tuesday, killing journalist Hassan Aslih,” said Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal.