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Hamas has denounced an Israeli airstrike that killed six Palestinians and wounded more than 20 others at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza as yet another war crime, urging the international community to fulfill its responsibility by taking concrete measures to help end the genocide. Hazem Qassem, the spokesman for the Palestinian resistance movement, said in a statement on Thursday that the bombing of the facility west of Khan Younis and the targeting of patients and medical staff there “constitute a full-fledged war crime and unprecedented terrorist behavior.”
Qassem stressed that Israel’s insistence on committing crimes and crossing all humanitarian red lines by targeting hospitals is “a direct result of the international community's failure to hold the criminal enemy leaders accountable.” He also held the Board of Peace and its director-general, Nickolay Mladenov, responsible for the terrorist crime “due to their silence on Israeli crimes and their complete inability to compel it to stop them."
Israeli airstrikes leave extensive destruction at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza. — Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) November 12, 2026 Follow: https://t.co/IpMPH244Kx pic.twitter.com/3oR3Dk1RxQ “We call on Arab and Muslim countries participating in the [so-called] Board of Peace to take a serious and firm stance that prevents the criminal enemy from exploiting their participation in the Board as cover for its crimes,” the Hamas spokesperson added.
He noted that Israel does not care about the efforts of the mediators, the guarantor states, and acts without restraint or accountability. The status quo “places a great responsibility on all these parties to take real and effective action to stop the ongoing Israeli violations, and ensure the occupying regime’s compliance with the [Gaza] ceasefire agreement,” Qassem underscored. Gaza’s Civil Defense said the Israeli strike targeted the second floor of Nasser Medical Complex.
The hospital’s director said the strike caused extensive damage to the intensive care and surgical wards. Aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. — Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) November 12, 2026 Follow: https://t.co/IpMPH24CA5 pic.twitter.com/ZPgjZ3vWNr The Israeli military claimed it was targeting a Hamas member at the hospital. Earlier, Israeli attacks killed seven other Palestinians across the Gaza Strip.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
Press TV never says who the six dead were. Gaza's health ministry said a doctor was among them, and Palestinian media reported that a Hamas Khan Younis commander was killed, which Israeli occupation forces had not confirmed. Without either detail, the reader has only Hamas's line about patients and medical staff being targeted and the Israeli military's claim, with no account of who actually died.
How we know
- The Independent reported“Gaza’s health ministry said the airstrike hit the hospital’s surgery department and that a doctor was among the dead.”Doctor among six Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital (opens in a new tab)
- Ynet News (English) reported“Palestinian media reported Thursday that Khaled Abu Anza, commander of Hamas’ Khan Younis Brigade, was killed in an overnight IDF strike on a building inside Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza.”Palestinians say Hamas Khan Younis commander killed in Nasser Hospital strike (opens in a new tab)
Since October 2023, Israel has launched a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians and injured nearly 176,000 others. Approximately 90% of civilian infrastructure has been destroyed as well. Israeli breaches of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, which went into effect in October 2025, have resulted in the killing of at least 1,622 Palestinians and injuries to more than 5,878 others, according to data from Gaza's Health Ministry.
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