
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills Hamas leader, teen, officials say
Al Jazeera
Hamas’s Ismail Barhoum and 16-year-old boy killed in attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, according to authorities.
An Israeli air strike on a hospital in southern Gaza has killed at least two people, including a senior Hamas official and a 16-year-old boy, Hamas and health officials have said.
Ismail Barhoum, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, was killed while undergoing treatment at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis late on Sunday, Hamas said in a statement.
“We condemn this latest crime, which adds to the occupation’s long record of terrorism, violating sanctities, lives and medical facilities,” the Palestinian armed group said in a statement.
“It reaffirms its disregard for all international laws and conventions and its continued policy of systematic killing against our people and leadership.”
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed that Barhoum had been the target of the attack.