Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- An Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza's main hospital overnight killed at least eight Palestinians including a surgeon and a teenage boy, medics said, the latest Israeli attack to undermine a year-old ceasefire in the war-shattered territory.

The strike hit a building containing surgery wards at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Israel's military said it targeted a senior Hamas commander and accused Hamas of using the hospital complex to plan attacks, which the group denied.

Medics and witnesses said two missiles crashed through the roof of the five-storey building, causing extensive damage. The surgery department, which serves half of Gaza's 2 million people, was knocked out of service. Twenty others were wounded.

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