6 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis

Six Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a building inside Nasser Medical Complex in western Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, early on Thursday. Several departments inside the hospital complex also sustained extensive damage.

Gaza Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said rescue teams had recovered six bodies and evacuated more than 20 injured people following the Israeli strike on the Yassin building inside the complex.

Medical sources identified those killed as Jihad Naim Abu Tilkh, doctor Rizq Abu Shaeera, Murad Abu Zarifa, Saif Ghazi Abu Hatab, Khaled Suleiman Abu Anza and Mohammed Nafiz Abu Ouda.

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Witnesses and local sources said the strike caused extensive damage to the second floor of the complex, affecting the recovery unit and the men’s and women’s surgery departments, as well as the internal medicine department. It also caused panic among patients and medical staff.

The strike marks the seventh attack on Nasser Medical Complex since the start of Israel’s military offensive, as part of a continuing series of attacks on hospitals, medical centres and healthcare workers.

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