By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-03-23 21:11:11 | Updated at 2025-04-04 19:16:58
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Israel killed a member of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Barhoum, in an air strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Sunday, the Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency said.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said one person was killed after Israel’s military struck Nasser Hospital, the largest hospital in southern Gaza, on Sunday.
The ministry said the strike caused a large fire in the hospital’s surgical building in the southern city of Khan Younis. The hospital said there are a number of wounded.
Israel’s military confirmed the strike on the hospital, saying it hit a Hamas militant operating there. Israel blames civilian deaths on Hamas because it operates in densely populated areas.
Nasser Hospital was overwhelmed with dead and wounded when Israel resumed the war in Gaza last week with a surprise wave of air strikes that killed hundreds of people.
Like other medical facilities around Gaza, the hospital has been damaged by Israeli raids and strikes throughout the war.
