Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in Gaza kills surgeon and five others

Patients awaiting surgery die in attack on one of few remaining medical facilities in the strip, doctor says

An Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza killed six people, including a surgeon and a disabled man, and wounded more than 20 others, the Palestinian news agency reported.

The Israeli military carried out the attack on the hospital, in Khan Younis, early on Thursday saying in a statement it had struck a Hamas commander and other fighters there, without providing evidence.