As the ongoing Israel-Hamas war continues to escalate after a brief ceasefire, reports are emerging that an Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital killed five people, including Hamas’s political leader. The Palestinian militant group confirmed the attack on Sunday as they accused the Jewish nation of targeting key figures in Hamas, Reuters reported.
The Gaza health ministry later noted that the Israeli strike hit the surgery department at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, the Israeli military clarified that the attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munition to minimise the harm to the civilians at the site.
In their statement, Hamas noted that the attack killed a member of its political office, named Ismail Barhoum. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz later confirmed that Barhoum was targeted in the attack but only referred to him as “a key terrorist” in Hamas and not by his name. Hamas’s al-Aqsa TV noted that the group’s key figure was being treated at the hospital for the wounds he sustained in a previous Israeli attack.
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It is pertinent to note that Israel has often accused Hamas of systematically embedding personnel in hospitals, schools and shelters, an accusation which the Palestinian group has frequently denied. Several videos from the Sunday incident circulated online that showed a massive fire blazing on the third storey of what appeared to be the hospital.
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