Six die following Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

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By Linda Ikeji
12 November 2026, 8:25 am

An Israeli airstrike focusing on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed six individuals and wounded a minimum of a dozen others early Thursday, based on Gaza’s Health Ministry.

 The Israeli navy confirmed finishing up the operation, asserting that it focused a senior Hamas operative alongside different militants who had been allegedly utilizing the medical facility as a command middle for navy actions.

 However, the navy didn’t launch proof to substantiate the declare. Israel has persistently accused Hamas and allied factions of working out of civilian hospitals for canopy. Gaza well being officers reported that the strike impacted the ability’s surgical procedure division, killing a physician among the many six fatalities.

Reporters on the scene noticed vital structural destruction throughout sections of the constructing’s second ground. Located within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis, Nasser Hospital stays one of many few useful medical facilities within the enclave, the place the broader healthcare system has been largely devastated by years of battle.

The complicated has been subjected to earlier navy raids and strikes, together with an incident in 2025 that killed 5 native journalists.

 The broader battle, which erupted following the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed roughly 1,200 individuals and resulted in 251 hostages being taken has left greater than 74,600 individuals useless in Gaza, based on well being ministry figures.

 Although a U.S. brokered ceasefire took impact in October 2025, periodic navy strikes and gunfire have continued throughout the territory, the place Israeli forces keep management over a minimum of 60% of the enclave. Since the truce started, well being authorities report that 1,622 individuals have been killed in Gaza, whereas 5 Israeli troopers have died throughout the identical interval.