An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza kills at least six people.
An Israeli airstrike on the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis killed at least seven people, including a surgeon. The attack targeted the second floor of the facility, causing significant damage to operating rooms and intensive care units. Israel stated the strike aimed to eliminate a high-ranking Hamas commander and other militants operating from the hospital.
- More than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire.
- The Israeli military confirmed the strike targeted a senior Hamas terrorist and additional terrorists from Hamas’s military wing.
- An Israeli airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza wounded 20 others.
- Israel and Hamas have accused each other of breaching the October 2025 ceasefire
- Gaza health authorities say more than 74,000 people have been killed since Israel began its assault on Gaza in October 2023.
- Israel accuses Hamas and its allies of using hospitals for military activities.
- Gaza's civil defense service said at least six people were killed and more than 20 were wounded.
- Hamas considered the attack a war crime.
- The Palestinian Ministry of Health condemned the attack as a flagrant violation of international law.
- Gaza Ministry of Health declared the attack hit the hospital's surgical wing.
- The Gaza Ministry of Health identified surgeon Rizk Abu Shaira among the victims.
- Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis is one of the few operating health units in Gaza.
- The strike heavily damaged the surgical pole, operating rooms, recovery rooms, and intensive care unit.
- A ceasefire is officially still in effect in Gaza.
- The World Health Organization stated 1,010 people died and 1,725 were injured from attacks since October 2023.
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