No fewer than four people have been killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Quds reported early on Thursday.
The newspaper cited a spokesman for the Palestinian civil defence service as saying that several people had also been injured.
The Israeli news outlet ynet, citing the Palestinian civil defence, put the death toll at six, with more than 20 others injured. The Israeli television station Kan reported five deaths, citing Palestinian sources.
The information could not be independently verified initially. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.
Israeli forces attacked the hospital complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, hitting the second floor of the building, Al-Quds reported, citing unnamed sources.
Kan reported that a high-ranking official from the Islamist militant group Hamas was among those killed. The attack reportedly hit the hospital’s intensive care unit and surgical department.
A ceasefire has been in place in the Gaza war since October 2025, but deadly attacks have continued. Israel has recently stepped up its airstrikes again, saying it has targeted and killed senior members of Hamas.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters and members of other extremist groups killed around 1,200 people in Israel and abducted another 251 to Gaza.
The unprecedented attack triggered the Gaza war.
Since then, more than 74,600 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health authorities in the Gaza Strip.
