Israeli Jets Strike Nasser Hospital In Khan Yunis: Gaza Civil Defence

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency said on Sunday that Israeli air force jets struck a hospital in Khan Yunis, in the south of the Palestinian territory.

A fire burns at the emergency department of the Nasser hospital after it was hit in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

"The occupation's (Israel's) aircraft targeted with an air strike the emergency department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip," the agency said in a statement, without providing immediate details on casualties.

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