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Israel Gaza war latest news: IDF special forces raid Nasser hospital - BBC News Israel Gaza war latest news: IDF special forces raid Nasser hospital - BBC News
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Turning our attention now to Lebanon, Israel's air strikes on Wednesday killed a senior Hezbollah commander alongside two other Hezbollah members and several civilians.
If you’re just joining us, we've been covering the scene at Nasser hospital in southern Gaza where Israel's special forces have carried out a raid. Both Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that Ali Muhammad al-Debs, a senior commander in the Iran-backed group's elite Radwan Forces, was killed. The IDF says al-Debs was one of the planners of a roadside bomb attack at Megiddo Junction in Israel in March 2023.
Here are the latest developments so far: Al-Debs's deputy commander Hassan Ibrahim Issa and a third Hezbollah operative Hussein Ahmad Aqeel were also killed, according to Telegram posts from Hezbollah.
Special As we reported earlier, Israel's strike on Wednesday killed at least 10 people - including five children - in all.
forces entered the hospital and began what Israel describes as a "precise and limited mission"
The IDF says the aim is to
find and return bodies of hostages it believes are
hidden inside the medical complex. This information, the IDF says, is based on its own “credible evidence”
Chaotic scenes are being reported from inside and around the hospital,
where many displaced people are said to be sheltering
Hamas rejects the IDF’s accusations, saying claims about hostages being held inside Nasser are "lies"
Intensive care patients are reportedly in “grave danger”,
according to the Hamas-run health ministry. But the IDF says "there is no obligation for
patients or staff to evacuate"
This morning’s raid comes amid warnings from heads of aid
agencies, who made impassioned appeals to UN member states to do their utmost to prevent an Israeli ground operation
in Rafah, the border city 7km (4.5 miles) from Nasser
There are estimated to be more than 1.4 million people sheltering
inside Rafah - prior to the 7 October attack it held a
population of 250,000
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