Israeli airstrike kills six at Gaza hospital, civil defence reports

A deadly Israeli strike hit the Nasser Hospital complex in southern Gaza, killing six people and injuring more than 20, according to Gaza’s civil defence.

The Gaza Strip’s civil defence, a rescue agency operating under Hamas authority, said its teams recovered the bodies of those killed as well as “more than” 20 wounded from a building inside the medical complex.

“The death toll from the Israeli strike inside Nasser Medical Complex, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, has risen to six,” civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said.

Nasser Hospital confirmed the six deaths in a statement.

A spokesperson for Israel’s military said they were checking for information on the incident when asked for comment.

The incident comes amid a fragile ceasefire that took effect in October 2025, following two years of war sparked by Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, described as unprecedented in scale. Since the truce began, Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused one another of violations.

On Tuesday, local emergency services said Israeli forces killed seven people in the Gaza Strip, including a 13-year-old boy, while the Israeli military said it had targeted “military operatives”.

More than 1,590 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the UN.

Over the same period, the Israeli military has reported seven soldiers killed, along with one civilian contractor.