Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital kills 6 people, Hamas-run health ministry says
LONDON -- An overnight Israeli airstrike targeting the Nasser Hospital complex in the southern Gaza Strip killed at least six people -- including a surgeon -- and wounded dozens of others, according to the hospital and Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health. The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it carried out the strike in the city of Khan Younis early on Thursday, targeting an alleged Hamas commander and other militants who it said were hiding inside the hospital.
The IDF did not provide any evidence for its assertion. A Palestinian man inspects damage inside a building at Nasser Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 12, 2026. Ramadan Abed/Reuters The Israeli military alleged that Hamas had "established a presence within the hospital complex" and was using it as "a command center for military and terrorist activities." Hamas, a terrorist organization, rejected the claims in a statement, calling the attack a "war crime."
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health said in a statement that the pre-dawn strike hit the second floor of the surgical wing at the Nasser Hospital complex. The building is one of the hospital's primary facilities, housing the surgery department and the intensive care unit. The facility is now out of service, the hospital announced in a statement. Mourners carry the body of Dr. Rezik Abushira, who was killed in an Israeli strike at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza strip, on Nov. 12, 2026.
Ramadan Abed/Reuters Related A year after his release from Israeli prison, a Gaza nurse says he is still waiting to feel free According to health officials in Gaza, Nasser Hospital is the only major medical facility still functioning in the southern part of the strip and is one of the last functioning in all of Gaza, where health care infrastructure has been devastated by the war. Popular Reads Baby buried alive for 24 hours released from the hospital; father charged 1 day ago House tables Hegseth impeachment, effectively killing it in current Congress 2 days ago Wisconsin state trooper detained by ICE Nov 6 Thursday's attack was the seventh time that the Israeli military has struck the Nasser Hospital complex since the war in Gaza began on Oct. 7, 2023, following Hamas' surprise attack into southern Israel, health officials in Gaza said.
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The article never says the strike took place during the ceasefire that took effect on 10 October 2025, and speaks only of "the war". Other coverage of the same strike reports it came amid continued Israeli violations of that ceasefire, which had killed 1,622 Palestinians. Without this a reader believes the hospital was hit as part of active fighting, not in an attack during a declared ceasefire.
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- Anadolu Agency (English) reported“The strike came amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025.”Israeli airstrike kills 6 Palestinians at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza (opens in a new tab)
- Anadolu Agency (English) reported“The violations have killed 1,622 Palestinians”Israeli airstrike kills 4 at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza (opens in a new tab)
People look at remnants of an Israeli projectile after an overnight airstrike hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 12, 2026. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo Around 1,200 people were killed in Israel by Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, 2023. As of Wednesday, Israel's subsequent military operation in Gaza had killed at least 74,653 people and wounded at least 176,007 others, according to statistics from Gaza's Ministry of Health. ABC News' Nasser Atta, Dorit Long, Diaa Ostaz and Samy Zyara contributed to this report.
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