Thursday 12 Nov 2026
Israeli air strike hits Nasser Hospital in Gaza, killing at least six Palestinians. (Photo/Reuters)
Israel has killed at least six Palestinians, including a surgeon, and wounded more than 20 others in its strike at the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, emergency authorities confirmed.
The strike hit the second floor of the Al-Yasin building housing the surgery department inside the facility in western Khan Younis, inflicting extensive structural damage on both the intensive care and surgical wards, according to the hospital's director and Gaza Civil Defence.
Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said the bombardment caused severe casualties amongst medical personnel, patients, and displaced families sheltering inside.
Medics on site identified the slain surgeon as Rezik Abushira.
Escalating casualties
The dawn attack follows a series of deadly strikes on Wednesday that killed five Palestinians in Gaza City and the Bureij refugee camp, whilst a sixth succumbed to injuries sustained in an earlier Tuesday raid.
Civil Defence teams initially reported four dead before revising the toll to at least six killed and over 20 wounded, with some field reports indicating six fatalities as search-and-rescue personnel cleared the debris of the collapsed medical wing.
The strike on Nasser Hospital comes amid continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on October 10, 2025.
Health authorities report that ongoing breaches of the truce have killed at least 1,622 Palestinians and wounded 5,878 others across the coastal enclave.
Since October 2023, Israel's genocidal war in Gaza has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians and wounded nearly 176,000 others—predominantly women and children—whilst destroying roughly 90 percent of the territory's infrastructure.
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Source: TRT
