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The foreign ministers of Türkiye and 17 other countries condemned “in the strongest terms” an Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, saying it violated international humanitarian law and urging the United States and the Board of Peace to press Israel to lift restrictions on Gaza aid.
The strike "caused casualties among patients and medical personnel, in violation of international humanitarian law, which affords special protection to medical facilities and healthcare workers," the ministers said in a joint statement Saturday.
The signatories were Türkiye, Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
The ministers also condemned continued Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians, including strikes on tents and sites sheltering displaced people.
"These attacks undermine the ceasefire and efforts to restore security and stability in Gaza and are inconsistent with President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan," they said.
They expressed "grave concern" that Israeli restrictions on aid, shelter materials including tents, caravans and mobile homes, and medical supplies are deepening Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe as winter approaches. Children and infants "could once again die from exposure to freezing temperatures," they warned.
The ministers called on Israel to fulfill "immediately and in full" its obligations under the Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement, Trump's Comprehensive Plan and U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803, uphold the ceasefire, protect civilians and medical facilities, and allow U.N. agencies and aid groups to work without obstruction.
"These first-phase commitments were due to take effect upon signature. Israel must implement them without further delay or additional conditions, including political and security conditions, that impede humanitarian access," they said, adding that urgent aid "must proceed independently of progress on subsequent phases."
They urged the U.S. and the Board of Peace, "within their respective roles," to intensify efforts to ensure Israel lifts all aid restrictions, "thereby preserving the credibility of the agreements and consolidating the ceasefire."
The strike hit a building housing the surgical department at the Nasser complex, killing six Palestinians, including a child and a doctor, and injuring about 30, the U.N. Human Rights Office in Palestine said, warning years of Israeli attacks have pushed Gaza’s health system to the brink of collapse.
Three missiles were used, but only one detonated, leaving unexploded ordnance that poses an added threat, it said.
The office recalled Israeli strikes on the complex in August 2025 that killed 22 people, including five journalists, and said the Israeli military had not provided enough information to verify claims that targeted hospitals had lost their protected status.
Israel has carried out 793 attacks on health services in Gaza since October 2023, killing 1,725 health workers, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.
These attacks have killed more than 74,000 Palestinians since October 2023, according to Gaza health authorities, as condemnation of the Nasser Hospital strike grows.
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