US-Made Bombs Reported in Deadly Strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital

Dr. Ayman Abu Ubaid, a surgical specialist wounded in the attack around midnight, told The Guardian that the Israeli military gave no warning to allow staff to move patients and medical workers. He said patients awaiting surgery should have been asleep when the bombing struck, filling rooms with smoke and setting fires. Abu Ubaid described casualties, screams and shrapnel injuries.

Israel said it had targeted Hamas commanders and fighters operating from the hospital, but provided no evidence. Hadja Lahbib, the European commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management, said hospitals are protected under international humanitarian law and called for a prompt, independent and impartial investigation.

One of the dead was Dr. Rizk Abu Shaaira, 52, who featured in the documentary “American Doctor.” He died alongside a patient he had operated on, The Guardian reported. A 13-year-old boy, Jihad Naeem Muhammad Abu Tilikh, was also killed, according to the hospital. Several floors were heavily damaged, part of the surgery department was destroyed, and radiology, laboratory, surgical operations and inpatient surgical departments suspended work.

Nasser Hospital was struck in August 2025 in an attack that killed at least 20 people, including journalists and healthcare workers. UN experts have accused Israel of “medicide,” citing the destruction of about 90% of Gaza’s health infrastructure, which they say has left just two hospitals operational. More than 1,700 healthcare workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, and more than 74,000 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks, including about 1,600 since the October 2025 ceasefire.

The US has provided Israel with at least $16.3 billion in direct military aid since October 2023, in addition to the $3.8 billion the Israel Defense Forces receive annually, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. Dylan Williams of the Center for International Policy responded to the hospital strike by calling for an “Arms embargo now.”