Six people, including a surgeon, have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a hospital in Gaza, Palestinian health authorities say.
The Nasser Hospital surgery department was hit and at least 20 people were injured.
The IDF says Hamas was using the hospital as a command centre.
Palestinian health authorities say a surgeon is one of at least six people who have been killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza.
The attack happened in the early hours of Thursday morning, local time. Video from the scene shows extensive damage to one of the compound's buildings.
Gaza's Civil Defense agency said the surgery department was hit and that at least 20 people were injured in the blast.
Hours after the strike, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a "senior Hamas terrorist and additional terrorists" had been using the hospital as a command centre.
"Targeting a medical facility that includes patients receiving treatment and teams performing their humanitarian and professional duty represents a serious attack on the health system and a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions that ensure the protection of medical facilities, employees and patients," Gaza's health ministry said in a statement.
"The ministry confirms that the continued targeting of hospitals and their medical facilities exacerbates the suffering of the sick and wounded, and…
