Israeli strike on Nasser hospital building in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories, kills at least five

An Israeli strike on a building at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunes, in the southern Gaza Strip, killed at least five people, including a surgeon, and injured 20 others on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, a spokesman for the enclave’s civil defence told Reuters. The spokesman, Mahmoud Basal, said the building was significantly damaged.

The Israeli army later said in a statement that it had targeted a senior Hamas representative and other fighters whom it believed were operating in the Nasser hospital. The source does not report independent confirmation of that claim.

The strike comes despite a United States-hosted ceasefire announced in October 2025. According to the source, more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in near-daily IDF attacks since then, and four Israeli soldiers have been killed in the same period.

Israel, which occupies and controls a large part of the Gaza Strip, blames Hamas for seeking to regroup its forces and rebuild its arsenal in violation of the agreement. The Palestinian armed movement says it remains committed to the agreement reached last year and accuses Israel of damaging the truce.

Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed, according to Israeli authorities. The source reports that more than 74,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli offensive began, according to Gaza authorities, and that more than 2 million people in the enclave, which it describes as completely ravaged, have been displaced by the bombings.

A UN commission, independent experts and Israeli NGOs have long denounced a genocide committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, the source notes. Israeli officials reject these accusations.

Benjamin Netanyahu, whose rival Gadi Eisenkot was charged with forming a government following the Israeli legislative elections of 27 October, is subject to an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The United States and Israel do not recognize the ICC’s legitimacy, and the source reports that the administration of US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions against the court earlier this year.

Source: Read the original report (translated from French)