Palestinians try to put out a fire at the emergency department of the Nasser hospital after it was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
On 18 March, Israel reignited its genocide — unilaterally ending a two-month ceasefire agreement with Hamas, killing more than 730 Palestinians, including over 170 children and 80 womem, and including 57 in the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
The strike hit the surgery building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry said, days after the facility was overwhelmed with dead and wounded when Israel resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of airstrikes.
"Occupation forces have just targeted the surgery building inside the Nasser Medical Complex, which houses many patients and wounded individuals, and a large fire has erupted at the site," the Palestinian Ministry said.
Gaza's civil defence rescue agency said the hospital's emergency department had been targeted.
Those killed in Sunday night's strike included a 16-year-old boy who underwent surgery two days ago.
Also killed was Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, who was being treated at the hospital, Hamas said in a statement.
"Warplanes bombed the operating room at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where Barhoum was receiving treatment after sustaining critical injuries in an air strike targeting his home in Khan Yunis at dawn last Tuesday," Hamas source said.
Like other medical facilities around Gaza, Nasser Hospital has been damaged by Israeli raids and strikes throughout the war.
More than 50,000 Palestinians have now been killed by Israel, the Health Ministry said earlier Sunday.
Israel ended a ceasefire Tuesday with strikes that killed hundreds of people on one of the deadliest days in the 17-month war.
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