Saudi Arabia and 17 other nations jointly condemn Israel's bombing of Gaza hospital

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and 17 other Arab and Islamic countries have strongly condemned an Israeli attack on a Gaza hospital that killed six people, including a surgeon and a teenage patient.

The attack on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis was a “violation of international humanitarian law, which affords special protection to medical facilities and healthcare workers,” a foreign ministers’ joint statement released on Saturday said. The airstrike hit the hospital’s surgical wing early on Thursday, killing patients and staff and wounding dozens. The attack heavily damaged operating rooms and patient wards, hospital staff said.

Nasser is one of the main medical facilities still operating in Gaza, where Israel has repeatedly attacked hospitals and the health care system during its war on the territory.