Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza kills six; Board of Peace urges peace plan action

An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed six people and wounded at least a dozen on Thursday, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The ministry, which Hamas controls, said the strike hit the hospital's surgery department and that a doctor was among the dead. The Israeli military said it hit a senior Hamas militant and others operating inside the hospital, which it called a Hamas command center, but gave no evidence. An Associated Press journalist at the scene said parts of the second floor were destroyed. Nasser is one of the few functioning medical facilities left in Gaza. The Board of Peace, in a statement on X, urged that US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan be implemented immediately. It deplored civilian deaths and denounced Hamas, and it said it had set up a framework for safe, demilitarised medical facilities. Hamas rejected the statement.

Left-leaning outlets CBS News and NPR lead with the strike and its toll. CBS cites the Health Ministry and the Israeli military's claim, noting it came without evidence, and adds context: Nasser's earlier attacks, including the 2025 killing of five journalists, and the war's toll. NPR's headline highlights a doctor and a child among the dead, and says the targeted commander was not found among the victims. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Among alternative sources, TRT World shifts the focus to the Board of Peace statement, which stopped short of directly condemning Israel, and to Hamas's accusation that the board adopted Israel's narrative. Middle East Eye's piece covers other incidents, a Palestinian killed in Gaza City and raids in Nablus, and does not address the hospital strike in its opening.