Watermelon Pictures, which distributed the film, said it was “devastating by the killing” of the surgeon. Its thoughts were with the surgeon’s loved ones and colleagues, the company said in a statement published on social media Thursday morning, as it condemned the attack “and the continued assault on Gaza’s healthcare system.”The Israeli military and Israel Security Agency said they struck a senior Hamas member, along with other militants, who they said had “advanced” attacks from the hospital in the southern Gaza Strip overnight. In a later statement, they identified the senior member as Muhammad Abu Ismail, whom they said served as the commander of Hamas’ Khan Younis Brigade and had also been responsible for holding hostages in Gaza. The IDF and ISA said Hamas had “established a presence within the hospital complex and used it as a command center” and stored weapons and conducted interrogations and torture from within the medical complex. They shared photos of weapons alleged to have been found within the complex. Hamas condemned the allegations that it was using the hospital for military operations as “lies of the criminal enemy” and called the attack a “war crime.”Injured Palestinians receive medical treatment following the Israeli airstrike, above, and bloodied debris inside Nasser Hospital on Wednesday.Abed Rahim Khatib / Anadolu via GettyThe Israel Defense Forces and ISA said steps had been taken to “mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance.” The IDF said it was looking into reports that medical workers, including Abu Shaira, and patients were killed.Hospitals have protected status under international law, but they have been heavily targeted under Israel’s yearslong offensive in Gaza. The Israeli military has repeatedly accused Hamas of operating within medical facilities, a charge the militant group has denied. The overnight attack was not the first time that Nasser Hospital itself has been targeted.