An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six people and injuring at least 28 more. Health authorities said a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy were among the dead.
A body of Iranian clerics said on Thursday that it was necessary for Iran to consider withdrawing from a treaty meant to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, the country’s state television reported. In France, authorities barred an Israeli politician from entering the country because of his work as a prominent settler leader in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six people, including a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.
The Israeli military said the strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza targeted a Hamas commander and other militants, without providing evidence. The commander it identified was not among the dead. The strike hit the hospital’s surgical wing, the ministry and witnesses said. At least 28 people were wounded. Ahmed al-Farra, a doctor and the general director of the hospital, said no warning came before the attack. He said surgeries had been suspended, as had work in the radiology department and the laboratory, because of damage to the building. Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure has been decimated by the years-long war. The Israeli military has raided or laid siege to hospitals across the territory, accusing Hamas of using them as command centres and to hide fighters. Israel has also destroyed medical equipment and supplies and killed or detained hundreds of healthcare workers.
Israeli forces have previously targeted the Nasser Hospital, including an attack in 2025 that killed five journalists — among them Mariam Dagga, who worked for The Associated Press.
Later Thursday, Israel struck a car in Gaza, killing one person and injuring two more, according to Shifa Hospital, where the casualties were taken. The Israeli military said it targeted a militant. Israel’s strikes on Gaza continue more than a year after it signed a ceasefire deal with Hamas in October 2025.
Since that agreement was reached, Israel has killed more than 1,600 Palestinians, bringing the total death toll to over 74,600, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-run Government but whose figures are generally considered reliable by the international community.
Iran’s Assembly of Experts said Thursday that reviewing a possible withdrawal from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and Iran’s military doctrine was an “unavoidable necessity” given recent repeated threats against the country, State TV reported.