Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital kills six, health authorities say
An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza early Thursday, killing six people and wounding at least a dozen. Israel said it targeted a senior Hamas figure and other militants.
- Six people, including a doctor, were killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
- At least a dozen others were wounded, according to health authorities.
- The Israeli military said it targeted a senior Hamas member and other militants, without giving evidence.
An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip early on Thursday, killing six people and wounding at least a dozen others, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
The ministry said the strike targeted the hospital's surgical wing. Health authorities said a doctor was among those killed. NPR reported that the victims included a surgeon.
An Associated Press journalist at the scene said parts of the building's second floor had been destroyed.
The Israeli military said it struck a senior Hamas terrorist and other militants. It did not provide evidence for the claim.
Nasser Hospital is in Khan Younis and is one of the few medical facilities still functioning in Gaza. The Independent reported that Israeli forces also struck the hospital in a 2025 attack that killed five journalists, among them AP contributor Mariam Dagga.
In other regional news, France barred Israeli settler leader Yossi Dagan from entering the country. He flew to Charles de Gaulle International Airport last week and was refused entry, an incident made public on Wednesday.
France's Foreign Ministry said Dagan was "subject to an administrative ban from the territory due to his active role in implementing the settlement policy in the West Bank." Israel's Foreign Ministry called the decision "completely unacceptable." Dagan, who heads one of six Israeli regional councils in the West Bank, said he was undeterred.
France earlier this year banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Several European countries have stepped up restrictions on Israeli settlers and settlements this year.
Background
khabr.pk has reported extensively on conditions in Gaza this month. On 11 November it reported that floods had submerged or damaged 70,000 tents, affecting about 350,000 people, according to Gaza's Government Media Office, and that Civil Defence could answer only 218 of more than 2,000 distress calls.
Why it matters for Pakistan
The Gaza war is front-page news across the Muslim world, including Pakistan. A strike on one of the few functioning hospitals in Gaza bears on the health care available to a population that, as khabr.pk reported, is also coping with flooded shelters. Pakistani readers following the conflict and European measures on Israeli settlers will find both developments in these reports.
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