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Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza kills six, Gaza health ministry says
Gaza’s health ministry says an Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital killed six people and injured around 30, including patients and medical staff, after two missiles hit the surgical building.
An airstrike on one of southern Gaza’s main hospitals has pushed the fighting deeper into the territory’s medical system. Gaza’s health ministry says an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital killed six Palestinians and wounded around 30.
According to the ministry, the dead included patients and medical staff. Among them was surgeon Dr Rizq Abu Shaira. The hospital’s director said two missiles struck the surgical building. One exploded, the other did not. He said the hospital received no advance warning of the strike.
In the material available here, there is no parallel account from the Israeli side explaining the intended target or giving separate casualty figures. That leaves a gap between the local description of events and any military justification that might emerge later.
For people inside Nasser hospital, the consequences are immediate. Patients already dealing with injuries, chronic disease or complications from earlier attacks were suddenly in a building hit by missiles. Staff working under shortages of fuel, medicines and power now also face damage to operating areas and the loss of a senior colleague.
Gaza’s wider health network was under strain even before this incident. Repeated strikes on medical facilities, surrounding streets and infrastructure have made it harder for ambulances to move and for hospitals to maintain normal services. Each hit on a major institution such as Nasser reduces capacity not only for war casualties but also for births, cancer care and routine surgery.
Under international humanitarian law, hospitals have special protection, though that status is contested when one side claims that armed groups use medical sites for command or cover. In this case, the only detailed description in the reporting comes from Gaza’s health ministry and the hospital director’s account of missile impacts and the lack of warning.
For families in southern Gaza, the list of places they can consider relatively safer narrows again. Moving a relative to hospital now carries its own hazard: the building could itself be hit. That pushes some to delay treatment or to crowd into the remaining facilities they think are still functioning.
What will shape the fallout from this strike are the next rounds of evidence and reaction. Key signals include any official Israeli explanation, images that show the extent of damage to Nasser’s surgical block, and assessments from health and humanitarian agencies on how many beds and operating theatres the hospital can still use. Responses from UN bodies, regional governments and Israel’s main partners will indicate whether this becomes one more contested incident in a long war or a reference point in debates over how medical infrastructure is treated in Gaza.