{"text":[[{"start":7.04,"text":"Six people were killed in an Israeli strike on the largest hospital in southern Gaza, the latest in a string of attacks in the Palestinian enclave since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect last year."}],[{"start":18.5,"text":"The Gaza health ministry said a doctor, patients and their companions were among those killed, and a “large number” of people were injured in the strike, which targeted the surgical wing of the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis."}],[{"start":31.32,"text":"It accused Israel of committing a “serious attack on the health system and a flagrant violation of international laws and conventions that ensure the protection of medical facilities, employees and patients”."}],[{"start":43.36,"text":"The Israeli military said the strike, which took place in the early hours of Thursday, had targeted the head of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, Muhammad Abu Ismail, and other militants, whom it claimed were hiding in the hospital."}],[{"start":55.8,"text":"Nasser hospital is one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities in Gaza, and has been repeatedly targeted by Israel since the start of the war. A double strike in August 2025 killed at least 20 people, including journalists and health workers."}],[{"start":70.4,"text":"According to the World Health Organization, more than 1,000 people have been killed in attacks on medical facilities in Gaza since hostilities began in October 2023, and more than 1,700 people have been injured."}],[{"start":84.04,"text":"Under international law, hospitals and their staff have protected status, but they can lose this if used for military purposes."}],[{"start":91.76,"text":"Israeli officials say Hamas militants routinely use hospitals and other civilian facilities to hide fighters. The Israeli military claimed, without providing evidence, that the militants targeted in Thursday’s strike were using Nasser as their headquarters."}],[{"start":106.04,"text":"Israel’s repeated attacks on medical infrastructure, which have continued since a ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump took effect in October 2025, have drawn international condemnation."}],[{"start":117,"text":"Steve Cutts, chief executive of the UK charity Medical Aid for Palestinians, which supports several departments at Nasser hospital, called on international leaders to respond to Thursday’s strike by suspending arms sales to Israel and ending all military co-operation."}],[{"start":132.04,"text":"“A surgeon has been killed in the hospital where he worked, patients have been killed in their beds, and surgical and intensive care facilities have been hit. What kind of ceasefire is this?” he said."}],[{"start":142.24,"text":"“Israel’s attacks are continuing, and Gaza’s hospitals are being left to pick up the pieces of a health system that has already been systematically dismantled.”"}],[{"start":151.16,"text":"Israeli strikes since the ceasefire was announced have killed more than 1,600 people in Gaza, according to the local health ministry. In total, Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian enclave has killed more than 74,600 people."}],[{"start":165.88,"text":"Hamas militants killed 1,200 people in their October 7 2023 attack on Israel, which started the war. They also took a further 250 people hostage."}],[{"start":180.75,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1794533401_3635.mp3"}