Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills at least 6, including surgeon
An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip reportedly killed at least six people, including a surgeon, according to Gaza’s Civil Defense Service. Twenty others were injured.
The strike hit a building at Nasser Medical Complex in the Khan Younis area early Thursday local time, Reuters reported. Local news outlet Gaza Now described the attack as shelling and said it damaged the hospital’s surgical department.
Footage from the hospital showed broken panels and other debris scattered across the floor of a room with hospital beds. Dust hung in the room and a nearby corridor.
The Israeli military (IDF) and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) said in a joint statement that the airstrike targeted a senior Hamas member and other members of the group’s military wing who were operating inside the hospital.
They accused Hamas of using the complex as a command center, storing weapons there and using parts of the hospital for interrogations and torture.
The agencies said they used precision munitions and aerial surveillance to reduce harm to civilians. They did not say whether any of the people they targeted were killed.
Gaza health officials say Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,600 Palestinians since the ceasefire was agreed, according to Reuters.
