Palestinian officials: 6 were killed, including a doctor and a child, in an Israeli raid on a hospital in Gaza

Palestinian officials reported that an Israeli raid targeted a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, killing at least 6 people, including a doctor and a child.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman, Ezzedine Abu Subha, said that the raid, which occurred after midnight, hit the surgery department in the Nasser Hospital complex and that the attack destroyed part of the hospital, with charred remains scattered throughout the destroyed department.

Abu Subha added that the raid resulted in the killing of Dr. Rizq Abu Shayra (52 years old), and a 13-year-old boy who was scheduled to undergo surgery, and 40 people were injured as a result of the Israeli attack, including two doctors whose condition is critical.

Footage from inside the hospital showed two bombs, one of which did not explode. The bomb was written as an American-made GBU-39/B, a 250-pound bomb supplied to Israel.

Despite the ceasefire agreement - which was reached with American mediation more than a year ago - Israel launched almost daily raids on the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,400 people in Gaza since the agreement came into force, and there is no fully functioning hospital in the devastated Strip.

The Israeli army said in a statement that it targeted the commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade in the Hamas movement, Muhammad Abu Ismail, along with what the Israeli army describes as “other terrorists who were hiding inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.” The Israeli forces explained that he was planning attacks against Israeli forces and civilians and working to carry them out.

CNN contacted the Israeli army to inquire whether Abu Ismail was killed in the raid, and what measures were taken to reduce the risks to civilians.