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Israel targets hospital in Khan Younis: Gaza Health Ministry
The Israeli forces have attacked a surgical building inside the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, according to a statement from the Gaza Health Ministry.
The complex houses many patients and wounded, and a large fire broke out due to the attack, it added.
People gather as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike at Nasser hospital, according to the Palestinian civil defence, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 23
We’re getting reports that at least two people were killed in the attack, with eight others wounded. Palestinian Civil Defence crews say that they have put out a large fire that resulted from the bombing.
The Shehab news agency, affiliated with Hamas, is also reporting that a member of the group’s political bureau, Ismail Barhoum, was the target of the attack.
Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV reported that Ismail Barhoum and his nephew Ibrahim were killed in the strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis.
Barhoum was receiving medical treatment for injuries sustained during an Israeli strike on March 18, according to Al-Aqsa TV. Hamas later confirmed Barhoum’s death which it said illustrates Israel’s “disregard for all international norms and agreements.”
A view of the destroyed emergency department of the Nasser Hospital after Israeli attack, in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 23
Israel frequently targeted Nasser Hospital throughout war
This is not the first time that Israel has struck Nasser Hospital; it has been a frequent target of Israeli forces throughout the war in Gaza.
Israeli forces placed the medical complex under a devastating siege that lasted from February through April 2024. In early February 2024, medical staff said that Israeli snipers were attacking them inside the complex and that dozens of civilians outside the hospital had also been killed.
United Nations officials tasked with conducting evacuation missions at the time said that the Israeli operations had turned the hospital into a “place of death”, and a mass grave with more than 300 bodies was discovered after Israeli forces withdrew in April. A civil defence official said that some bodies showed signs of torture.
Among the dead were women, children and medical workers.
US says Rubio, Netanyahu discussed Gaza operations
The State Department says the US secretary of state and the Israeli prime minister spoke in a phone call about Israel’s military operations in Gaza. According to a statement by the State Department, Rubio emphasised US support for Israel in the conversation.
“The Secretary discussed Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza, and efforts to help release the hostages and bring them home,” the department said.
