Israeli airstrike hits Gaza hospital surgical wing — killing six including doctor and injuring 28

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Gaza's health officials say Israel bombed a Gaza hsospital causing more death destruction in the Palestinan enclave — as the military says it attacked a Hamas terror cell

An Israeli airstrike hit the surgical wing of a major hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, killing six people, including a doctor, and wounding at least 28 others, local medical officials said.

The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas commander and other militants, contradicting the claims made by Gaza's Health Ministry.

Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis is one of the few functioning medical facilities left in Gaza, whose infrastructure has been decimated.

The Israeli military has raided or laid siege to hospitals across the territory, accusing Hamas of using them as command centers and to hide fighters. It has also destroyed medical equipment and supplies and killed or detained hundreds of healthcare workers.

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The Gaza Health Ministry said Thursday's strike killed general surgeon Rizk Abu Shaira. Inside the building, parts of several floors were either severely damaged or destroyed.

Debris was scattered across hospital beds and equipment, and rebar dangled from the ceiling. British surgeon Goher Rahbour, who is volunteering at Nasser Hospital, said that the strike occurred just after midnight and shook the whole building.

He added that he had been operating alongside Abu Shaira just hours before the strike, saying: "Lovely guy, happy and smiling.” Ahmed al-Farra, a doctor and the general director of the hospital, said no warning came before the attack.

He said surgeries had been suspended, as had work in the radiology department and the laboratory, because of damage to the building where medical personnel were already struggling to provide care due to supply shortages and "miserable" conditions.

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