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Israeli air strike on Gaza's European Hospital kills at least 16 people, health ministry says | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A group of people inspect the damage at the European Hospital in Khan Younis | |
An Israeli air strike has killed at least 16 people and injured dozens at the European Hospital in Khan Younis, the Hamas-run health ministry says. | |
Israeli warplanes dropped six bombs simultaneously on the Gaza hospital, hitting both its inner courtyard and surrounding area, according to local sources. | |
The Israeli military said it had conducted a "precise strike" on "Hamas terrorists in a command and control centre" which it claimed was beneath the hospital. | |
A freelance journalist working for the BBC in Gaza was among those injured in the air strike, and is now in a stable condition after receiving medical attention. | |
Gaza journalist Hassan Aslih killed in Israeli strike on hospital | |
The strike at European Hospital resulted in several deep craters inside the hospital compound, which buried several vehicles including a large bus. | |
The dead and wounded have been transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, local sources said, where medical teams are reportedly struggling to deal with the casualties. | |
The emergency department of Nasser Hospital was hit by another strike earlier on Tuesday, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses. | |
They said a well-known Palestinian photojournalist was among three people killed. | |
Hassan Aslih, who was being treated for injuries from a previous Israeli strike, was targeted in what witnesses described as a drone attack on the hospital's surgical wing. | |
A doctor there confirmed that Aslih had been at the hospital for nearly a month after surviving an air strike on the same facility in April. | |
The Israeli military had previously accused him of involvement in the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. The strike in April killed Aslih's colleague Helmi al-Faqawi and wounded several other journalists. | |
In a joint statement the IDF and the Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) said Hamas "continues" to use hospitals in Gaza for its activities - a long-standing Israeli allegation which the group denies. | |
Israeli media reported the target of the strike was senior Hamas figure Mohammed Sinwar - the younger brother of the former Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. | |
The force of the strikes at European Hospital left craters and partially buried a bus |