Doctors without Borders reports 5 deaths after Israeli strike on Gaza hospital courtyard

According to Medecins sans Frontiers (MSF), commonly known as Doctors without Borders, five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the courtyard of the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.

MSF said it was helping the hospital that houses displaced people and that another 65 people were injured in the incident.

“It is the seventh time that Al Aqsa hospital compound was bombed since March 2024; three of them in the last month,” said MSF on X on Monday.

In the past, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have carried out a "precise strike" on a Hamas command center that was positioned on the property. It accused Hamas of exploiting civilian infrastructure and stated that it has taken action to prevent harm to people.

A school in the Nuseirat refugee camp had been struck hours before, according to MSF. According to officials from Gaza's Al Awda and Al Aqsa hospitals, Israeli strikes on the Al Mufti school in the Nuseirat camp killed at least 22 individuals on Sunday. According to Gaza's civil defense, around 5,000 displaced individuals were taking refuge at the location.