Hamas says at least four patients died after power outages caused oxygen distribution to stop at the facility. Israel says it launched a “targeted operation” on the Nasser hospital in search of “bodies of hostages” The Israeli army justified this attack after having “credible intelligence” indicating that Hamas had held hostages there.

A member of the Hamas politburo, Izzat al-Rishq, on Friday called Israeli accusations that the hospital was being used as a base by Hamas a "lie"