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Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital kills six, health officials say

Gaza’s Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis killed six people, including a surgeon and a child. Israel said it was targeting militants; Hamas denied that.

What we know

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    An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on 12 November 2026 killed six people, including a surgeon and a child, and injured others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry and Civil Defence, as reported by AP, Reuters, the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera.
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    The strike damaged parts of the hospital.
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    Al Jazeera reported that it was the only standing hospital in Khan Younis, and that this was the seventh time the facility had been targeted.
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    Israel said it targeted a Hamas commander and other militants using the hospital as a base; Hamas denied that, according to the same outlets.
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    We present both accounts and have not independently verified either side’s claim about who was inside.
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    Reuters later published a survivor’s account from a doctor at the hospital.
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The strike and the death toll given by Gaza health officials were reported by AP, Reuters, the BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera. Israel’s stated target and Hamas’s denial are reported as claims. Sources: AP, Reuters, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera.

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Wisma Putra
@MalaysiaMFA · 66.9K followers

#SiaranAkhbar | #PressRelease [136/2026] MALAYSIA CONDEMNS ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON NASSER MEDICAL COMPLEX IN KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA #WismaPutra

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Israel Defense Forces
@IDF · 3.3M followers

‼️🔎 EXPOSED: THE TRUTH BEHIND GAZA’S HOSPITALS Intelligence documents seized by IDF troops reveal new details about Hamas and Islamic Jihad’s exploitation of medical facilities. 📄 A 2019 Hamas document, written by the…

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Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglish · 10.1M followers

A British volunteer surgeon has documented the chaos and destruction inside Gaza’s Nasser hospital after a deadly Israeli strike. The bombing killed six people, including surgeon Rizq Abu Shuaira.

Account from a British volunteer surgeon, as reported by Al Jazeera.

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Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglish · 10.1M followers

For the seventh time, Israel has targeted Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in an air strike, further devastating an already decimated healthcare system. Palestinians are left with nowhere to shelter as heavy rainwater floods…

Al Jazeera’s reporting that this was the seventh strike on the hospital.

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Reuters
@Reuters · 26.4M followers

A doctor who survived an Israeli airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza recounted the 'terrifying' moment of the attack, while the hospital's director mourned the death of a surgeon

First-person account from a doctor who survived, as reported by Reuters.

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Al Jazeera English
@AJEnglish · 10.1M followers

An Israeli air strike on the only standing hospital in Khan Younis has killed six Palestinians. The director of Gaza’s Nasser hospital says that they did not receive any warning before the attack. Al Jazeera’s Tareq…

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CNN
@CNN · 61.7M followers

An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza overnight Wednesday killed at least six people, including a doctor and a child, Palestinian officials say.

CNN, including that a doctor and a child were among the dead.

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BBC News (World)
@BBCWorld · 42.4M followers

Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills six Palestinians, health ministry says

BBC, citing the health ministry.

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Reuters
@Reuters · 26.4M followers

Israeli strike on southern Gaza hospital kills six, Gaza civil defence says

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The Associated Press
@AP · 16.5M followers

Gaza's Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike targeting the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza has killed six people and wounded at least a dozen more.

AP, citing Gaza’s Health Ministry.

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Reuters
@Reuters · 26.4M followers

An Israeli airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least five people, including a surgeon and wounded 20 others, a ⁠spokesman for Gaza's civil defense service told Reuters

Reuters initially reported at least five, then six.

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Al Jazeera English Broke first
@AJEnglish · 10.1M followers

Gaza's Civil Defence says an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital has killed at least six Palestinians. The strike in Khan Younis also injured at least 20 other people, including staff.

Gaza Civil Defence’s death toll, as reported by Al Jazeera; later aligned with Health Ministry figures of six dead across AP, Reuters and the BBC.

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