Israel targets senior Hamas member in Gaza hospital strike

Israel says Hamas was using the hospital as a military command center, while Palestinian officials report at least six people killed, including a surgeon. The strike comes amid an increasingly fragile ceasefire. Israel said it had targeted a senior Hamas member in a Gaza hospital in an overnight airstrike which reportedly killed six people.

According to the Israeli military, Muhammad Abu Ismail and other militants from the Islamist group had been operating a command center inside the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. Gaza's civil defense service said at least six people were killed, including a surgeon and more than 20 were wounded. It said that parts of several floors were severely damaged or destroyed.

During war, hospitals are protected under international humanitarian law, although they can lose that protection if they are used for military purposes.