Six killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
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A partially collapsed residential building in the city of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, after residents were evacuated amid heavy rain and strong winds.
An Israeli airstrike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Wednesday night killed six people, injured 27 others and caused extensive damage.
Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim, on Thursday said he was deeply alarmed by the attack.”
The strike hit the hospital’s surgical department. A medical worker, patients and their companions were among the dead, according toon the World Health Organization ( WHO ).
“ The ongoing violence and recent increase in military operations exacerbate the immense human suffering in Gaza and jeopardize the increasingly fragile ceasefire ,” Mr. Alakbarov said.
Under international humanitarian law, all parties are obliged to protect and respect medical personnel and facilities, including hospitals, which must not be targeted or used for military purposes, he stressed.
Mr. Alakbarov reiterated his call for rapid, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Gaza’s health facilities are lifelines for its people that must be protected and never militarized or attacked .
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