AMMAN — Jordan, Arab and Islamic countries on Saturday condemned the Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, which caused casualties among patients and medical personnel.

 

In a joint statement, foreign ministers of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Sudan, Algeria, Djibouti, Somalia, Libya, Mauritania, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey said that attacks constitute a violation of international humanitarian law, which affords special protection to medical facilities and healthcare workers.

 

The ministers condemned continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, including strikes on tents and other sites sheltering displaced persons.

 

They also said that these attacks undermine the ceasefire and efforts to restore security and stability in Gaza and are inconsistent with President Trump's Comprehensive Plan, the statement said.

 

The ministers also expressed grave concern that continued Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid, shelter materials, including tents, caravans and mobile homes, as well as medical supplies, are deepening Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe as winter approaches.

 

Inadequate shelter and deteriorating water, sanitation and healthcare services put civilian lives at grave risk, particularly those of children and infants, who could once again die from exposure to freezing temperatures, the statement said.

 

Israeli fire killed 10 people in Gaza Thursday, six of whom died in the bombing of Nasser hospital in south Gaza early in the day, health officials said, the deadliest single strike since Israel's elections last month, according to AFP.

 

Nasser Hospital, located in Khan Yunis, confirmed the six deaths in a statement, while a doctor there said that nearly 30 were wounded.

 

Gaza's civil defence agency said the bodies from the strike had been recovered from the targeted building, which a medical source said was the surgery ward of Nasser Hospital, a sprawling medical complex in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

 

Israel has struck Nasser Hospital on numerous occasions since the start October 7, 2023.

 

In August 2025, Israeli strikes on the hospital killed 20 people including five journalists in one day, according to the civil defence.

 

While the 2025 ceasefire has largely subdued the fighting, Israel has kept up a steady rate of strikes in the territory.

 

More than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.