UN: Israeli Bombing Pushing Gaza's Health System to Collapse

The United Nations has stated that years of ongoing Israeli bombing have pushed Gaza's health system to the brink of collapse. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Palestine issued a statement on Friday detailing an Israeli airstrike on November 11th that targeted a building housing the surgical department at Nasser Medical Complex. The strike resulted in the deaths of six people and injured approximately 30 others. The statement highlighted that Nasser Medical Complex is one of the few hospitals still attempting to provide services in the region. It noted that three missiles were used in the attack, with only one detonating, leaving unexploded ordnance as an additional danger to patients, health workers, and residents. The office also referenced previous Israeli attacks on Nasser Medical Complex in August 2025, which involved three airstrikes and killed 22 people, including five journalists. A 2024 report by the UN Human Rights Office documented repeated Israeli attacks on Gaza's hospitals, noting that most of the Strip's hospitals had been destroyed by that time. The UN office asserted that the Israeli military has not provided sufficient information to independently verify its claims that targeted hospitals, ambulances, and health workers had lost their protected status under international law and become legitimate military targets. The office emphasized that direct attacks on hospitals, health workers, patients, and the wounded constitute war crimes, stressing the necessity of protecting health facilities and their occupants according to international law. The Israeli army killed six people, including a child and a doctor, and injured about 30 others in an airstrike on a building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday. This bombing occurs amid ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which has been in effect since October 10, 2025.