Tom O Connor

Israel bombed the surgery floor of Nasser Hospital after midnight on Thursday. Six people were killed, including the surgeon on duty. I read the army’s statements in Hebrew and went through the evidence. Here is what holds up and what doesn’t. 1) The army’s first Hebrew statement uses the words for terrorist or terror seven times in two sentences. It names nobody. The English says the men were “operating” in the hospital. The Hebrew says they were hiding. 2) Three hours later the army named Muhammad Abu Ismail, the Khan Younis Brigade commander. Ynet had named a different man, Khaled Abu Anza. The army still has not said its target is dead. 3) Israel killed the previous Khan Younis commander in September, and the one before him in July 2024. It killed the Rafah Brigade commander in mid-September. Hamas refilled every post. 4) The army’s “warning” is a 37-second recording. It names five hospitals. It has no date, no deadline, and no instruction to move patients. Article 19 of the Fourth Geneva Convention requires a warning with a reasonable time limit. 5) Army Radio’s own military correspondent described the site as a Hamas interrogation facility for suspected collaborators. That is not a cell about to attack Israeli troops. 6) The dead include Dr. Rizq Abu Sha’ira, a general surgeon, and a 13-year-old. The Health Ministry counts more than 52 wounded. The hospital says the building is out of service. Israel could have waited for this man to leave the building. Instead, it went after a hospital in the middle of the night shift, with civilians and staff there. During a ceasefire. Full 13-minute breakdown with every source on screen: