Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel’s deadly attacks on two hospitals in southern Gaza on Tuesday killed at least 28 people, Gaza’s Civil Defence spokesman said. Israeli forces bombed two hospitals in one day. The first strike hit the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, killing two people, including journalist Hassan Eslaih. Gaza’s Government Media Office on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Eslaih, who was receiving treatment at the hospital’s burn unit for severe injuries sustained during an April 7 Israeli strike on a media tent located next to the hospital. On Tuesday evening, the European Hospital was also attacked, reportedly with more than 40 powerful bunker buster bombs. The attack left some of the facility's equipment destroyed and killed several people.

Israeli forces have killed more than 52,900 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, including at least 15,000 children. At least 10,000 more people are missing and presumed dead, while nearly 120,000 have been wounded. Israel’s Attacks on Hospitals Israel has repeatedly struck hospitals across the Gaza Strip since the beginning of its assault. Andrew Cayley, who is leading the International Criminal Court (ICC) Palestine investigation, questioned the reliability of claims about Hamas’s military activity in Gaza’s hospitals which have been made to justify Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities in the war-torn enclave. Cayley said the ICC faced “great difficulty assessing” the level of Hamas fighters presence in hospitals “because clearly there are lies being spoken, but that is really something we do need to get to the bottom of as a prosecution office”. He added: “I think that has been grossly exaggerated, but we need to be able to demonstrate very clearly what the level of military presence was, if at all, in these hospitals because I think we’ve been misled about that in the press.” Hospitals, as well as medical infrastructure and personnel, have specific protections under international humanitarian law. Attacks against them are prohibited, but there are certain circumstances in which medical facilities can lose their protected status if they are used for combat activity. Here’s a list of some of the major attacks on healthcare in Gaza since October 2023: October 17, 2023 Hundreds of people sheltering in the car park of al-Ahli Hospital were killed in an Israeli attack, according to Palestinian health officials. In the days leading up to the incident, the hospital director reportedly received warnings from Israel. Israel claimed that the explosion at the facility was misfired rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, an allegation denied by the armed group. November 3, 2023 An ambulance convoy was destroyed by an Israeli air attack outside al-Shifa Hospital, killing many Palestinians. November 21, 2023 An air raid on al-Awda Hospital killed Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila and Dr. Ahmad al-Sahar of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and another doctor, Ziad al-Tatari. January 22, 2024 Several people were killed while sheltering about 150 metres (about 500 feet) from the entrance of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Evacuees sheltering in the area suffered due to attacks and forced evacuation orders. March 20, 2024 The Israeli military said it killed 90 people in its raid on al-Shifa Hospital during a siege as displaced Palestinians sheltering in the facility described long detentions and abuse. March 31, 2024 Many people were killed and injured in an air raid on the yard of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, just outside the emergency room where many internally displaced people were sheltering. April 1, 2024 A 14-day siege of al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the enclave, by Israeli forces saw hundreds of people killed, including medical staff, and mass arrests of its staff and others. October 14, 2024 An Israeli air attack on Al-Aqsa Hospital killed five people and wounded 65. Tents of displaced people caught fire while people were sleeping. December 28, 2024 The Israeli forces arrested Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, after refusing to follow orders to abandon one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza. His arrest came a day after the military killed approximately 20 Palestinians in a raid inside the hospital, which was one of the “largest operations” conducted in the territory until that time. November 2023 Israeli forces laid siege to the Indonesia Hospital in Beit Lahiya for days. The Israeli forces left the hospital in ruins, with charred and decomposing bodies piling up in corners. January 4, 2025 The Indonesian Hospital in north Gaza was put out of service following repeated attacks by Israeli forces, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. March 23, 2025 Israeli forces reportedly shot 15 Palestinian medics, working for the Palestine Red Crescent Society, dead during a rescue mission in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood. A video recovered from the mobile phone of one of the killed Palestinian medics showed Israeli forces’ involvement, igniting widespread outrage.