Palestinian Territories:
The well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza mentioned an Israeli strike hit tents housing displaced civilians close to a hospital within the southern metropolis of Rafah Saturday, killing 11 and wounding dozens.
The Israeli military mentioned it had carried out a “precision strike” within the space of the hospital that focused militants from the Islamic Jihad group.
World Well being Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned in a put up on social media platform X that the reported strike was “outrageous and unspeakable”.
A paramedic was amongst these killed and kids have been wounded within the blast near the Emirati Maternity Hospital, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra mentioned in an announcement.
“Eleven residents have been martyred and about 50 injured, together with youngsters, on account of Israeli forces concentrating on tents of displaced individuals close to the Emirati hospital,” Qudra mentioned.
Footage posted on social media, which AFP couldn’t independently confirm, confirmed bloodied our bodies within the streets as crowds gathered, with males carrying away the wounded for therapy.
An AFP journalist noticed wounded individuals being rushed on stretchers to the Kuwaiti Hospital, additionally in Rafah.
“Destruction is in every single place and there are lots of martyrs,” mentioned Rafah resident Belal Abu Jekhleh.
“Immediately the glass shattered and a fireplace broke out. Everybody fled, some have been martyred and others injured. I used to be injured in my fingers and head, and my brother was additionally injured.”
The Israeli military confirmed it struck close to the world of the hospital.
“The precision strike was performed towards Islamic Jihad terrorists and no harm was induced to the hospital within the space,” the military mentioned in an announcement.
Israeli troops have carried out a number of operations in and round hospitals within the Gaza Strip since they launched their offensive within the Palestinian territory.
Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas militants of utilizing hospitals for army functions, one thing the Palestinian group denies.
An estimated 1.5 million Palestinians have sought refuge in Rafah, elevating fears of mass casualties if Israel goes by with a deliberate floor invasion of the town.
Mediators are scrambling to safe a brand new truce forward of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which begins on March 10 or 11, relying on the lunar calendar.
The conflict in Gaza broke out with Hamas’s unprecedented assault on southern Israel on October 7 that resulted within the deaths of round 1,160 individuals, largely civilians, in line with an AFP tally of Israeli figures.
Israel’s retaliatory army marketing campaign towards Hamas has killed at the least 30,320 individuals, largely ladies and kids, in line with Gaza’s well being ministry.
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