(Reuters)
CAIRO, Nov 12- An Israeli airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least six people, including a surgeon, and wounded 20 others early on Thursday, a spokesman for Gaza’s civil defence service told Reuters.
The Israeli military later said it had targeted a senior Hamas militant and other members of the group’s armed wing who it said were operating inside the hospital in Khan Younis.
In a statement, the military accused Hamas of using the hospital complex as a command centre for military operations, including storing weapons, operating command-and-control rooms and using hospital facilities as observation posts and shelters for fighters.
Reuters could not independently verify the Israeli military’s allegations.
Mahmoud Basal, the spokesperson for Gaza’s civil defence, said the Israeli airstrike hit the surgery department of the hospital, causing extensive damage.
Medics identified the dead surgeon as Rezik Abushira.
Reuters video from inside the hospital showed extensive damage, with rubble and furniture strewn across rooms and wires dangling from damaged ceilings.
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