Israel strikes one of Gaza’s few remaining hospitals

Six people, including a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on one of the few functioning hospitals left in Gaza.

According to the director of Nasser Hospital, the strike destroyed part of the surgery department and caused extensive damage to several floors, as well as injuring at least 28 people.

Israel’s military says it was targeting a Hamas commander and other
fighters and accused Hamas of using the hospital as a command centre. That would negate the protection of medical facilities under international law.

Hamas has labelled the strike a “fully fledged war crime”.

Those inside the building say it was sudden and without warning.

For more, SBS World News spoke with Dr Saya Aziz, an Australian anaesthetist who has recently returned from working at Nasser Hospital.

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