The Israeli occupation army admitted on Tuesday evening to bombing the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. This is the second attack in less than 24 hours targeting a medical facility in the city.

The Israeli occupation army said, in a joint statement with the General Security Service (Shin Bet) published on the X platform, that it "carried out a precise attack a short time ago, targeting Hamas members who were inside a command and control complex built within the infrastructure beneath the European Hospital," it claimed.

There was no immediate comment from Hamas on the Israeli allegations, but it usually denies them.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the European Gaza Hospital was subjected to several violent Israeli raids, and no casualties were reported as a result of the bombing until 16:19 (GMT).

Early Tuesday morning, the Israeli occupation forces targeted Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding several Palestinians receiving treatment there, including journalist Hassan Aslih, according to a statement from the government media office in Gaza.

According to the latest data from the Government Media Office in Gaza, released on May 8, 38 hospitals, 81 health centers, and 164 health facilities were destroyed, burned, or put out of service during the offensive.

The Israeli occupation has continued its widespread genocidal war against the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, including killing, destruction, starvation, and forced displacement, ignoring all international appeals and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

This US-backed war left more than 172,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.