According to Israel, attack on hospital with six deaths was carried out by Hamas

According to Hamas civil defense, six people were killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli broadcaster Kan, the intensive care unit and the surgical department were hit in the attack.

A representative of the authority controlled by the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas said that the bodies had been recovered. More than 20 people were also injured in the attack in the city of Khan Yunis. The hospital confirmed the number of deaths.

According to the Israeli army, the target of the nighttime airstrike was a senior member of Hamas. The army said he and “other terrorists from the military wing of Hamas” posed a threat that needed to be eliminated.

Hamas used the hospital complex in the south of the sealed-off coastal strip as a "command center for military and terrorist activities" against Israeli troops and the State of Israel, the army wrote. Hamas also stored weapons in the hospital and carried out interrogations and torture.

The Israeli army said measures were taken before and during the attack to minimize harm to civilians. None of the information provided by Hamas and Israel could be independently verified. Israel repeatedly accuses the terrorist organization of using civilians as protective shields.

The Israeli military recently increased its air strikes again and, according to its own statements, deliberately killed high-ranking members of Hamas. According to a Hamas authority, seven people were killed on Tuesday, including a 13-year-old boy. The Israeli army said it had “attacked military forces in several areas.” The army did not provide any further details.

Hamas and its allies attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering the Gaza war. In their major attack, the Islamists killed 1,221 people and 251 people were kidnapped as hostages in the Gaza Strip. Israel responded with a massive military operation in the Gaza Strip, destroying large swathes of the Palestinian territory and killing more than 74,500 people, according to the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry.

A formal ceasefire has been in effect since October 2025, but Israel continues to carry out attacks. Since then, more than 1,590 more people have been killed in the Gaza Strip.