Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital kills 6 including doctor: Palestinian officials

Moments after an Israeli airstrike at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, Yasser Abou-Turk mourns his younger brother. I'm a sick companion. I swear I don't have a tongue. What did he ever do, he asks. He was just 13 and now he's dead. I can't. Six people were killed when southern Gaza's main surgical site was hit overnight with two missiles. One failed to explode. I don't know what happened. I don't know what happened. All at once, the world turned upside down, says Dr. Ayman Abu Abeid. In a statement, Israel says it was after Hamas militants. In order to remove the threat they posed after turning the Nasser Hospital compound into a military headquarters. An animation released by the IDF shows three rooms targeted where it says militants were planning attacks on Israeli soldiers. It provided no evidence of Hamas's presence, but named several other hospitals where they could be. Officials warn Gaza's vulnerable population of 2 million is now at greater risk. We are afraid about a lot of disease. Now, with this attack, the situation is getting more worse and more dangerous and more critical. The hospital disputes Israel's claim there was advance warning. The UN says it's documented more than a thousand attacks on health care facilities in Gaza. This is not in line with international law. In an interview with CBC News, the UN's special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories says Israel's attacks amount to overkill. Israel has intentionally, systematically and in a widespread fashion destroyed the health infrastructure. So I wouldn't assume that this is because Hamas is there. Anger spilled over as crowds gathered to bury those killed including a surgeon, one less doctor for Gaza. Sasha Petrovic, CBC News, Toronto.