'Israeli' forces directly target Baptist Hospital in Gaza, three killed

The director of the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City said Thursday that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) directly targeted the hospital, killing three people and injuring several others.

He stated that this was the eighth time the hospital has been targeted since the war began, adding that the facility is under immense pressure as many other hospitals in the Gaza Strip have gone out of service.

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The director noted that the latest strike resulted in three fatalities and a large number of injuries, further straining Gaza’s already collapsing healthcare system.

Meanwhile, medical sources at Nasser, Baptist, and Al-Shifa hospitals reported that 23 people have been killed since early Thursday morning in a series of 'Israeli' airstrikes across the strip, as the military escalation continues and the humanitarian crisis deepens.