The Gaza Civil Defense Organization, which is run under the supervision of Hamas, says that at least six Palestinians were killed and more than 20 wounded in an airstrike on a building at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses say that a missile fired from a fighter jet that flew over the area for a short time hit the building where the surgery and intensive care departments of the hospital were located.
Reports indicate that a surgeon is among those killed in the ground attack this morning.
The IDF stated that in this ground attack, a senior member of Hamas and other armed members of this group were attacked, who used the hospital "as a command center for military activity and assassination".
The army and Israel's internal security organization, the Shin Bet, strongly condemned Hamas' use of "civilian and medical infrastructure for military purposes" in joint statements. They also said that measures were taken to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of cluster munitions and aerial surveillance.
Reuters