People walk at Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six people and injuring at least 28 more.
In Iran, a body of clerics said it is necessary to consider withdrawing the country from a treaty meant to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Thursday.
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills 6
An Israeli airstrike hit one of the main hospitals still operating in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 28 others.
The Israeli military said the strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza targeted an unidentified Hamas commander and other militants, without providing evidence. Gaza’s Health Ministry said the victims included a surgeon and a 13-year-old boy.
The hospital victims were among 10 Palestinians killed Thursday in four strikes that the Israeli military claimed targeted militants. Israel’s strikes on Gaza have continued despite a ceasefire deal with Hamas last year.
Trump: ‘We don’t need a deal with Iran’
U.S. President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday dismissed the idea of diplomacy with Tehran and said he wants Vice President JD Vance to focus on rooting out fraud in federal government programs instead.
The vice president was the face of an earlier effort to strike a deal with Iran that ultimately collapsed. His office didn’t comment Thursday.
Meanwhile Iran’s top negotiator claimed the U.S. asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to facilitate negotiations between the two nations. The White House did not directly respond to the claim.
Clerics say Iran should consider withdrawal from nuclear treaty
Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which is a clerical body responsible for overseeing Iran’s supreme leader, said Thursday that considering withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is an “unavoidable necessity,” state TV reported.
Iran has enriched uranium to near weapons-grade levels, but insists its program is only for civilian purposes. The late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared nuclear weapons forbidden under Islam.
UN demands halt to Houthi attacks
A Security Council resolution adopted unanimously by the U.N.’s most powerful body late Thursday strongly condemned the Houthis military escalation and emphasized that “there is no military solution to the current conflict, and that the only viable path forward is dialogue and reconciliation among the multiple and varied parties.”
The UK-drafted resolution extended sanctions including travel bans and the freezing of assets of Houthis on a U.N. blacklist until Nov. 14, 2027. An arms embargo against the Houthis remains in effect.
The 15-member council expressed “grave concern” at the continuing Houthi generation of funds from international sources and the rebel group’s control over key economic sectors including energy and telecommunications which finance their acquisition of arms including drones.
UK Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh said after the vote that the resolution’s adoption “demonstrates the council’s determination to take decisive action against reckless attacks by the Houthis” in Yemen and against Saudi Arabia.
Israeli settler leader barred from entering France
Yossi Dagan, a prominent Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank, was denied permission to enter France last week as he flew to Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
France’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Dagan, who heads one of six Israeli regional councils in the West Bank, was banned “due to his active role in implementing Israel’s settlement policy.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry called the decision by France “completely unacceptable.”
France was one of several European countries this year to step up restrictions on Israeli settlers and settlements in the West Bank, which are viewed as illegal and a hindrance to peace talks.
In a separate development, Israel’s foreign minister and interior minister, Gideon Saar, said Thursday that French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon has been barred from Israel for his vocal support of Gaza.
Calls for Israel to allow winter supplies to enter Gaza grow
The United Kingdom, Qatar and Jordan led a coalition of more than 50 countries and organizations on Thursday calling on Israel to provide immediate entry of critical items for shelter, fuel, water, sanitation and health to Gaza.
The group said too many people in Gaza “risk exposure to hypothermia, respiratory infections, waterborne diseases and other preventable illnesses” with winter’s arrival.
The statement echoed recent criticism by the Board of Peace and U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher.