Health officials at Nasser Medical Complex, previously the biggest functioning hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, say that the hospital is no longer able to function.
Doctors say they are overwhelmed and can not provide medical healthcare to the large number of casualties, due to the intensity of the fighting amid the ongoing war and because of acute shortages in medical supplies.
The statement comes after an IDF strike in Khan Younis targeted Muhammad Deif, the commander of Hamas’s military wing, and Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 71 were killed and 289 were wounded in the strike. It is unclear how many among them are civilians, though according to the IDF, most of the casualties were likely Hamas operatives.
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