IDF strike on Nasser Hospital targets Hamas commander; UN warns health system at brink

Israel assesses Hamas commander Muhammad Abu Asma'il was critically wounded in an IDF strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The UN says the strike killed 6 and wounded about 30, pushing Gaza's health system to collapse.

In Israel, the assessment is growing that Muhammad Abu Ismail, the commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade in Hamas, was critically wounded in an attack carried out on the night between Wednesday and Thursday at Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. The assessment is that the injury is so severe that it is doubtful he will survive. The attack was carried out after about three weeks of preparation, during which Air Force pilots waited to strike the terrorist. Abu Ismail held Israeli and foreign hostages, both alive and dead, including Nimrod Cohen, Matan Zangauker, Idan Alexander, Avera Mengistu, Col. Asaf Hamami, Staff Sgt. Oz Daniel, and Capt. Omer Neutra. He also planned a series of operations against IDF forces, including the abduction of soldiers. The attack was carried out after Hamas abandoned the command post on the third floor of Nasser Hospital, but Abu Ismail returned to it at night. The pilots launched two precision missiles that destroyed the entire floor.