New attacks kill at least 115 in Gaza
At least 115 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, as indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas continue.
At least 61 people were killed overnight and early on Thursday in a barrage of attacks on the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, according to local health officials. In Jabalia in northern Gaza, an Israeli strike on al-Tawbah medical clinic killed at least 15 people and wounded several others, the Health Ministry said.
European hospital out of service, says Gaza health ministry
Recent Israeli attacks have heavily damaged the hospital in Khan Younis, south Gaza, the ministry says in a statement.
Here is some more of what the ministry said:
- [Israel’s] targeting caused significant damage to infrastructure such as sewage lines, damaged internal departments and destroyed roads leading to the hospital.
- The repeated targeting of the hospital makes it impossible to provide medical care because of the danger it poses to medical staff, the wounded and the sick.
- The hospital’s cessation of work means the cessation of specialised services such as neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, cardiac catheterisation centre, cardiovascular and ophthalmic surgery, which are available only in the European Hospital.
- The European Hospital is the only hospital that provides medical follow-up for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip, after the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital.
- The hospital has 28 intensive care beds, 12 nurseries, 260 inpatient beds, 25 emergency beds, and 60 oncology patient beds that are now out of operation.
WHO director says Israeli attack on hospital cut off ‘vital services’
The director of the World Health Organisation has said Israeli attacks close to the European Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis on Tuesday caused “severe damage” to the medical centre, which was forced to close.
“The hospital’s closure has cut off vital services including neurosurgery, cardiac care, and cancer treatment—all unavailable elsewhere in Gaza,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
“The shutdown also ends the facility’s role as a key hub for medical evacuations, further straining the overwhelmed health system.”
A separate strike near the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, “spread fear, disrupted access, and raised the risk of closure.”
“Hospitals must be protected. They must never be militarized or targeted,” the WHO chief added, before calling for a ceasefire.
European #Gaza Hospital is no longer functional after an attack on 13 May left it severely damaged and inaccessible.
After being there yesterday. @WHO reached the hospital again today to relocate one international Emergency Medical Team—who continued working through the… pic.twitter.com/1gJm66QcUl
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 15, 2025
Gaza government says Israel’s forced evacuation of Gaza hospitals a ‘war crime’
Gaza’s Government Media Office has said the forced evacuation of hospitals and medical centres was part of a “clear policy” by Israel “aimed at emptying the Gaza Strip of any means of survival”.
It said 38 medical facilities have been subject to attack and forced to close. “This systematic and deliberate targeting of health facilities, including hospitals, clinics, and medical personnel, constitutes a flagrant war crime,” it added.
“We call on the international community to urgently intervene to protect what remains of the health system in Gaza.”
