Gaza, November 12 (QNA) - Health officials in Gaza have warned of the consequences of the Israeli occupation army's continued targeting of medical facilities in the Strip. They stressed that the strike on the surgery department at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, which occurred in the early hours of today and left six people dead and 30 wounded, is part of a systematic campaign to dismantle what remains of the healthcare infrastructure and deepen the suffering of patients and the wounded.
Zaher Al Wahidi, spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza and director of the Ministry's Information Center, told the Qatar News Agency (QNA) in an interview that the occupation army continues to target the healthcare system in the Strip, noting the documentation of 793 attacks on healthcare services, facilities, vehicles, medical personnel, and supply chains, resulting in the deaths of 1,725 healthcare workers, including 155 physicians. 
Al Wahidi stressed that the attack on the surgery department in the Al-Yassin building at the Nasser Medical Complex follows earlier assaults that struck the complex itself, as well as Al-Shifa Hospital, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and various other health centers. Specialized teams are currently working inside the targeted building to assess the damage, determine the scale of the losses, and gauge the impact on the complex's ability to continue providing services. 
The health official added that the plight of the medical system is growing more complex because 16 doctors remain in detention in Israeli prisons. This worsens the severe shortage of specialized professionals and increases the immense pressure on staff already working under extraordinary circumstances. He noted that the occupation's crimes also include the wounding and arrest of hundreds of doctors and healthcare workers, with released detainees reporting that they were subjected to systematic torture.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Al Farra, Director of the Nasser Medical Complex, confirmed that the facility is facing a critical shortage of medical supplies, adding that the occupation forces' attack on the complex at dawn forced the suspension of services in four key departments, including surgery, radiology, and the laboratories, which together serve one million people in the Gaza Strip.
In an interview with QNA, Dr. Al Farra emphasized that the hospital staff remain at their posts, despite the scale of the targeting, to provide essential care to patients and the wounded. He underscored the medical personnel's steadfast commitment to their humanitarian duty under the most difficult circumstances. Dr. Al Farra strongly condemned the occupation's actions, describing them as a grave assault and a blatant violation of the international laws and charters that guarantee the protection of medical facilities, healthcare workers, and patients, while calling on the international community, as well as UN and human rights organizations, to intervene urgently to halt these attacks and hold those responsible to account. 
The Israeli bombardment of the surgical building at the Nasser Medical Complex killed six Palestinians, including medical staff, patients, and those accompanying them. The victims included a physician, an eighth-grade student, and an individual with special needs; more than 30 others were injured.
In a related development, the Ministry of Education announced in a press statement the death of student Jihad Abu Tilikh, bringing the total number of students killed by the occupation's gunfire and bombardment since the beginning of November to 8. The Ministry stressed that the world must pause and reflect on this horrific crime, which targeted a civilian hospital.
For their part, health unions in the Gaza Strip described the shelling of the Nasser Medical Complex as a full-fledged crime and held the occupation forces fully responsible for the casualties and the damage caused.
The unions called on the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and the International Committee of the Red Cross to fulfill their legal and humanitarian responsibilities by taking urgent action to provide international protection for hospitals. They warned that continued international silence emboldens the occupation to persist in its violations and threatens the remaining healthcare infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. (QNA)