Gaza: health authorities report six killed in strike on Nasser Hospital
The Israeli military acknowledges the strike, saying it targeted a Hamas commander. WHO reports casualties and damage to the surgical department.
Six people were killed and at least 28 were wounded in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on 12 November, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry as reported by The Associated Press. The ministry said a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy were among those killed. The strike hit the hospital’s surgical wing.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported six deaths in a separate public update and described reports of extensive damage, with assessment of the impact still underway. Hospital director Ahmed al-Farra told The Associated Press that surgeries and other services had been suspended because of the damage.
The Israel Defense Forces acknowledge the strike in an official post, saying it targeted Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade commander Muhammad Abu Ismail and other fighters. Their allegation that the hospital was being used as a military headquarters has not been independently verified through the sources checked. The casualty figures are attributed to the health authorities and do not constitute Israeli confirmation.
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