Israeli airstrike kills 4 at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza

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Strike hits second floor of hospital building, causing extensive damage to intensive care and surgical wards

Tarek Chouiref

12 November 2026•Update: 12 November 2026

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An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza early Thursday, said Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal.

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The article gives the dead only as "four Palestinians". Other outlets reported the same strike killed at least six people. Among them were Rizk Abu Shaira, a general surgeon, and Seif Ghazi Abu Hatab, a patient admitted after a back injury. Without this, a reader does not learn that a doctor and a patient were among those killed in the hospital, or that the toll was higher than four.

How we know

The Irish Times reported“Among the dead was Rizk Abu Shaira (52), a general surgeon”Israeli air strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza kills six (opens in a new tab)
The Irish Times reported“One of those killed in Thursday’s strike was Seif Ghazi Abu Hatab (29)”Israeli air strike on Nasser hospital in Gaza kills six (opens in a new tab)
BBC News reported“At least six people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a building at Nasser Hospital”Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital kills at least six, Gaza civil defence agency says (opens in a new tab)

The strike hit the second floor of the Al-Yasin building inside the complex in western Khan Younis.

The hospital’s director said the attack caused extensive damage to intensive care and surgical wards.

On Wednesday, five Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza City and Bureij refugee camp, while a sixth died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike Tuesday.

The attacks came amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, which took effect on Oct. 10, 2025. The violations have killed 1,622 Palestinians and injured 5,878 others.

Since October 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians and wounded nearly 176,000 others, mostly women and children, while destroying 90% of the territory’s infrastructure.

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What it gets right

“An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians at Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza early Thursday”
It names the actor and the act in the first line, uses killed, and identifies the dead as Palestinians, with the figure attributed to the Civil Defence spokesman by name.
“The attacks came amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement”
It tells the reader plainly that Israel has kept attacking Gaza despite the ceasefire, rather than presenting the strike as an isolated incident.
“Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians”
It states the cumulative toll with Israel as the subject and killed as the verb, without hedging the Palestinian figure.

Israeli airstrike kills 4 at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza

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