Israel’s deadly attacks on two hospitals in southern Gaza killed at least 28 people, Gaza’s Civil Defence spokesman said. On 13 May, Israeli forces hit both Nasser and the European Gaza hospitals, the two main hospitals in Khan Younis. The director of field hospitals at the MoH, Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, reported that this is the second attack on Nasser Hospital within two months.
It rendered 40 inpatient beds and 10 intensive care unit beds out of service. The hospital’s director informed WHO that two people were killed and 12 others, including patients and medical staff, were injured. A journalist was targeted and killed in the attack while he was receiving treatment in his hospital bed following an injury he sustained when a tent for journalists was previously hit.
On the same day, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Suzanna Tkalec, visited the hospital, where she spoke with staff and a team of international doctors; she stressed that these attacks are unacceptable and must stop and that healthcare facilities and those serving them must always be protected.
On the same day, Israeli forces targeted the European Gaza Hospital with a series of airstrikes, hitting the internal yards and the hospital’s surroundings. Nineteen people, including five females, were reportedly killed and more than 40 were injured, including four journalists. The spokesman of the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) reported that the rescue teams have retrieved 28 fatalities. He added that two members of their team were injured when they were subsequently targeted while trying to rescue injured people from a residential house near the hospital. The team had to withdraw from the house without being able to help injured people who were trapped inside. Following the attack, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operating at the hospital had to suspend the outpatient consultations and reduce the number of MSF staff in the facility.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, between 7 and 14 May, as of noon, 275 Palestinians were killed and 949 were injured by Israeli attacks. Between 7 October 2023 and 14 May 2025, the ministry in Gaza reported that at least 52,928 Palestinians were killed and 119,846 Palestinians were injured.
This includes 2,799 people killed and 7,805 injured since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March 2025.
Between 7 October 2023 and 7 May 2025, WHO documented 686 health attacks in the Gaza Strip, affecting 122 health facilities and 180 ambulances.
These include several incidents that have been reported since the re-escalation of hostilities on 18 March, which led to the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, damage to the surgical ward at Nasser hospital, damage to the intensive care unit (ICU) department and the solar panels at Al-Durrah Hospital that rendered it out of service, and destruction of the emergency building and other facilities at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
Furthermore, according to WHO, at least 38 health service points are located within designated evacuation zones, with 110 more within a one-kilometre radius, threatening access to health care across the Strip. In Rafah, there are no functioning primary or secondary health care services; only limited health care services are provided by the ICRC and UAE field hospitals and two medical points, with access constrained by security risks.
