GAZA, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has urged world leaders to take concrete action to stop Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip and ensure the protection of patients and medical personnel, warning that continued strikes on hospitals threaten to destroy what remains of Gaza’s devastated healthcare system.
The international medical humanitarian organization expressed shock and outrage over an Israeli airstrike that hit the surgical building at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Wednesday night, November 11.
According to MSF, the attack killed six people, including a child and a surgeon, and wounded 52 others.
The organization said the strike occurred without prior warning, leaving patients and healthcare workers exposed to deadly violence inside one of Gaza’s most important remaining hospitals.
Among the wounded were two doctors and a patient treated by MSF medical teams. All three required surgery.
The bombing also caused extensive damage to the hospital’s inpatient department and disrupted essential medical services, leaving the emergency department, radiology unit, laboratories, and operating rooms out of service.
Nasser Medical Complex is the main referral hospital in southern Gaza, providing emergency, surgical, specialized, and other essential healthcare services to approximately 1.3 million people.
MSF warned that attacks on the hospital and the disruption of its departments directly threaten access to lifesaving medical care for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
MSF reports 567 Israeli airstrikes in less than three months
As part of its documentation of attacks affecting Gaza’s healthcare system, MSF reported at least 567 Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip between August 30 and November 12, 2026.
According to the organization, the strikes were carried out by Israeli warplanes, drones, and helicopters.
MSF also reported that Nasser Medical Complex has been subjected to at least six airstrikes since October 2023, in addition to ground incursions, repeated shelling, and gunfire that have damaged the hospital and disrupted medical services.
The organization emphasized that hospitals, medical workers, and patients are protected under international humanitarian law.
It warned that attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza must never be normalized or treated as acceptable.
Nasser Hospital repeatedly targeted since 2023
The latest bombing was not an isolated incident. Nasser Medical Complex has faced repeated Israeli military attacks since late 2023, severely damaging its infrastructure and undermining its ability to provide medical care.
In December 2023, an Israeli strike hit the hospital’s maternity department.
In February 2024, Israeli forces besieged and raided the medical complex, causing a severe deterioration in healthcare services.
The attacks continued in March 2025, when the surgical department was struck, followed by an attack on medical supply warehouses in May of the same year.
In August 2025, Israeli airstrikes on the hospital killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and paramedics.
These repeated attacks have placed enormous pressure on a medical facility that serves as a critical lifeline for patients across southern Gaza.
Each disruption further reduces the hospital’s capacity to treat the wounded, perform emergency surgeries, and provide essential medical services.
Gaza’s healthcare system pushed toward collapse
The attacks come amid the widespread destruction of Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure.
According to figures cited in the report, 22 of the Gaza Strip’s 38 hospitals are out of service, leaving the remaining facilities struggling to meet overwhelming medical needs.
Hospitals still operating face severe shortages of medicines, surgical equipment, fuel, and essential supplies, while medical personnel continue working under dangerous conditions.
The repeated targeting and disruption of medical facilities have compounded the suffering of Palestinians who depend on hospitals for emergency treatment, chronic disease management, maternal care, and other essential services.
For patients requiring urgent surgery or intensive care, the loss of functioning hospital departments can have life-threatening consequences.
MSF calls for action beyond condemnation
Doctors Without Borders renewed its appeal to world leaders to move beyond statements of concern and condemnation.
The organization called for concrete measures to protect patients, healthcare workers, and medical facilities and to end the continued Israeli attacks on Gaza’s remaining healthcare infrastructure.
MSF stressed that the protection of medical facilities is an obligation under international humanitarian law, not a matter of political discretion.
As Gaza’s hospitals struggle to remain operational, the organization warned that continued attacks threaten both the lives of patients currently receiving treatment and the ability of the wider population to access essential healthcare.
With much of Gaza’s healthcare system already devastated, every additional attack on a functioning hospital risks depriving thousands of Palestinians of the medical care they urgently need.
