Hyderabad, Nov. 13 -- Palestinian surgeon Dr Rizk Abu Shaaira, who features in the documentary American Doctor, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, early on Thursday, November 12.

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported that the strike hit the hospital's surgical department shortly after midnight, killing six people and injuring more than 20 others, including medical staff and patients.

Another surgeon featured in the documentary, Dr Mohammed Odainy, was critically injured in the attack. Both doctors worked in emergency care at the hospital.

The airstrike targeted the second floor of the Al-Yassin building, damaging the recovery room, surgical wards and internal medicine...