Saudi Arabia urges action after deadly Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned an Israeli attack on a hospital in southern Gaza that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists.

Gaza’s civil defense agency said an Israeli explosive drone hit a building at Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, followed by an airstrike as the wounded were being evacuated.

In a statement, the Saudi foreign ministry denounced “the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of medical, relief, and media personnel at the Al-Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.”

The ministry called on the international community to “put an end to these Israeli crimes” and stressed the need to ensure protection for medical, relief, and media workers.

Several news organizations confirmed that their contributors were among the journalists killed in the strike, which came just days after the UN declared a famine in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.