One Civil Defence member killed, 7 wounded in Nasser Hospital attack
Speaking at a news conference in Khan Younis, a spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defence said one rescuer was killed and seven were wounded while responding to the initial strike on the Nasser Medical Complex.
“Israeli forces have attacked our teams today. This was seen by the entire world,” he said, adding that the attack disabled two of the service’s few remaining rescue vehicles.
According to the spokesman, it was the 26th attack on Civil Defence teams while on duty since the war began.
Red Cross says medic attacked while tending to wounded in Nasser Hospital attack
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said one of its medics was injured while tending to the wounded inside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis after Israeli attacks. The organisation shared a video on X showing a clearly marked PRCS rescue van with what appear to be bullet holes across the windshield and along the side of the vehicle.
Nasser Medical Complex has been struck multiple times during Israel’s war, with at least 20 people, including journalists, doctors and civil defence workers, killed in the latest attack earlier today.
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Fifth journalist dies in Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital
Ahmed Abu Aziz, who worked with the Quds Network and other media outlets, has died after being wounded in the Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital earlier today, making him the fifth journalist to be killed in the attack.
At least 20 people were killed in a “double tap” attack on the medical complex, one of Gaza’s last remaining functional hospitals. Those killed include journalists, doctors and civil defence workers who had rushed to help the wounded after an initial bombing.
Hospital attack is ‘criminal’, world should consider sanctions
Israeli political scientist Menachem Klein says the deadly attack on Nasser Hospital is a “criminal operation” that made possible the Israeli army’s collective dehumanisation of all Palestinians in Gaza.
“It’s a policy. It’s not an accident,” Klein, who lectures at Bar-Ilan University, told Al Jazeera. “Israel implements this kind of criminal attack time and again. It’s not the first time, and unfortunately, I assume it won’t be the last time unless there is a ceasefire.”
Klein went on to say that he “won’t be surprised” if Israel’s army later issues a statement trying to justify the attack as targeting a Hamas member. But “it’s a criminal act any way that we look at it”, he said.
“The Israeli army dehumanises everyone who lives inside Gaza. That’s the problem,” he added. “It’s morally corrupt. The international community should consider sanctions on Israel.”
