The Israeli attack on a hospital in Gaza killed six people and injured at least 12

Six people, including a doctor, were killed and at least 12 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The attack took place Thursday morning, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, cited by the Associated Press.

The ministry said the strike targeted the hospital’s surgery department. An Associated Press journalist at the scene reported that part of the building’s second floor was destroyed.

The Israeli military confirmed the attack and claimed that the target was a “senior Hamas terrorist,” along with other militants, without publicly presenting evidence to support the claim.

Nasser Hospital is one of the few medical facilities still operating in the Gaza Strip, where the healthcare infrastructure has been severely affected by the war. Israel accuses Hamas and allied groups of using hospitals for military activities.

The medical facility has been targeted before. In 2025, five journalists, including Associated Press contributor Mariam Dagga, were killed in an attack on a meeting point for local reporters in the hospital complex.