Six Palestinians were martyred and more than 20 others injured early Thursday after Israeli warplanes bombed the Nasser Medical Complex in western Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that Israeli aircraft targeted the second floor of the medical complex, causing extensive material damage and destruction to the hospital’s surgery department.
Israeli forces continue to target healthcare facilities and medical personnel across the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday, several Palestinians were martyred and others injured amid continued Israeli airstrikes, shelling and gunfire in various parts of the Gaza Strip.
Medical and local sources reported that Hani Al-Khudari was martyred and others injured after an Israeli drone targeted him while he was filling water containers on the roof of the Al-Khudari family home, near the Italian Complex in western Gaza City.
The two brothers, Mahmoud and Jamil Al-Absi, were also martyred and several Palestinians injured when Israeli forces bombed a tent on Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City. Mohamed Nabil Abdel Latif Muqbel, 30, later succumbed to wounds sustained in the same attack.
In a separate incident, two Palestinians were martyred and others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a tent sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City.
In northern Gaza, a Palestinian was injured by Israeli gunfire in the Al-Sudaniya area, which also came under artillery shelling. An airstrike additionally targeted an empty plot of land near Yassin Station in the Al-Saftawi area, with no injuries reported.
The death toll from Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip has now exceeded 74,660 martyrs, with more than 176,000 people injured, since October 7, 2023.
