Israeli attack on Gaza hospital leaves six dead

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In France, meanwhile, authorities barred an Israeli politician from entering the country due to his work as a prominent settler leader in the occupied West Bank.

According to the Israeli military, the strike hit a Hamas commander and other militants, though no evidence was provided.

The Gaza Health Ministry said the strike in the city of Khan Younis had hit the hospital’s surgical wing and a doctor, Rizk Abu Shaira, was among the dead.

Inside the building, parts of several floors were either severely damaged or destroyed, with debris scattered across hospital beds and equipment.

Nasser Hospital is one of the few functioning medical facilities left in Gaza, whose healthcare infrastructure has been decimated by a years-long war.

The Israeli military has raided or laid siege to numerous hospitals, accusing Hamas of using them as command centres and to hide fighters. It has also destroyed medical equipment and supplies and killed or detained hundreds of healthcare workers.

In armed conflict, hospitals and their staff are protected under international humanitarian law, though a hospital can lose its protected status if it is used for military purposes.

In a statement today, the military claimed that Hamas had “established a presence within the hospital complex” and that the commander had turned it “into a headquarters.”

Last year, an Israeli attack on the hospital killed five journalists.

Israel has continued to strike Gaza despite a US-backed ceasefire and controls at least 60 per cent of the Palestinian enclave. Since the truce took effect in October 2025, Israeli military action has killed 1,622 people, health authorities say.

On Wednesday, prominent Israeli settler Yossi Dagan, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party, said he had been denied permission to enter France on arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport last week.

France’s Foreign Ministry said Mr Dagan was “subject to an administrative ban from the territory due to his active role in implementing the settlement policy in the West Bank.”

Israel’s Foreign Ministry called the decision “completely unacceptable.”

The West Bank settlements are considered illegal by most of the international community.

France was one of several European countries this year to tighten restrictions on Israeli settlers and settlements.

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