Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills surgeon and five others

An Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis early on Thursday killed six people, including a general surgeon, and wounded 28 others, according to the hospital's director.

Why it matters: Nasser is one of the last functioning hospitals in southern Gaza, and the strike, which Israel said targeted a Hamas commander at the site, suspends surgery, radiology and laboratory services at a facility already short of most essential medicines.

Data as of The Guardian report of November 12, 2026, read in full via the estate browser route. Casualty figures are those of Nasser hospital director Dr Ahmed al-Fara as reported by the Guardian; Deutsche Welle, Bloomberg and the New York Times report the same strike with at least six dead. Israel's targeting claim is the Israeli military's own statement, for which it provided no evidence; Hamas rejects the accusation that it uses hospitals for military purposes. Developing item.

An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser hospital in Khan Younis at about 12.30am local time on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 28, hospital director Dr Ahmed al-Fara said. The dead include Dr Rizk Abu Shaira, a 52-year-old general surgeon, who was killed alongside a patient he had operated on, and part of the surgery department was destroyed, with services suspended in the surgical, radiology, laboratory and inpatient departments.

The Israeli military said in a statement that it had struck a Hamas commander and other fighters at the hospital, without providing evidence. Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals as command centres, an accusation Hamas rejects, and the Guardian notes the hospital, one of the last functioning facilities in Gaza, has been attacked seven times since the war began.

Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills surgeon and five others

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