GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) -- An Israeli airstrike destroyed the surgical ward of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis before dawn on Thursday, killing at least six people, including a surgeon and a child, and wounding more than fifty others. 
The attack came as Israeli forces conducted sweeping raids across the occupied West Bank on Friday, and settlers opened fire on Palestinian olive harvesters near Bethlehem under military escort.
The strike hit the al-Yasin building inside the Nasser Medical Complex at roughly 12:30 a.m., damaging the intensive care and surgical departments. 
Gaza Health Ministry identified Dr. Rizq Abu Shaira, a general surgeon, among the dead, along with a 13-year-old boy and at least two patients. 
Médecins Sans Frontières, which operates in the hospital, said 52 people were wounded and that the emergency, radiology, laboratory, and operating departments were rendered out of service. 
No warning was given before the attack, MSF stated. The Israeli military claimed it targeted a Hamas commander without providing public evidence.
Nasser Hospital is the primary referral facility for southern Gaza, serving an estimated 1.3 million people. MSF noted it has been struck at least six times since October 2023, in addition to ground incursions and shelling. 
The organization condemned the attack as “unconscionable” and urged world leaders to move beyond statements of condemnation.
In the West Bank, Israeli forces raided multiple neighborhoods in Nablus at dawn Friday—including the northern mountain area, Popular Housing, Austrian Housing, and the Old Askar camp—searching homes and tampering with contents, according to Wafa. 
Forces also entered Beit Furik and Beit Dajan east of the city. In Qalqilya governorate, seven Palestinians were abducted from the village of Kafr Thulth, including former prisoners.
Settler violence compounded the raids. In the village of Abu Njeim southeast of Bethlehem, colonists opened fire on Palestinians harvesting olives on privately owned land Friday morning, Wafa reported. 
No gunshot injuries were reported, but Israeli forces arrived in support of the settlers, firing tear gas at the harvesters and forcing residents at gunpoint to abandon their land and barring them from returning. 
In Qaryut, south of Nablus, settlers destroyed a greenhouse, causing significant material damage.
The Palestinian health ministry reports that 74,645 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, with 175,978 wounded. 
Since the ceasefire agreement took effect in October 2025, at least 1,622 Palestinians have been killed and 5,878 injured, according to QNA.