{"id":2463,"date":"2023-10-17T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/gaza-officials-say-hundreds-dead-after-explosion-at-hospital\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T19:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:58:41","slug":"gaza-officials-say-hundreds-dead-after-explosion-at-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=2463","title":{"rendered":"Gaza officials say hundreds dead after explosion at hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=5857e875-53e3-4f1d-bc36-e6e22acae90f\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Gaza\u2019s health ministry said on Tuesday that hundreds of people had been killed after an explosion in an outdoor area attached to a hospital in the besieged Palestinian territory. <\/p>\n<p>The ministry, which is run by the Islamist militant group Hamas, said at least 200 people had been killed in an Israeli strike on Al Ahli hospital in Gaza City. The number of deaths and the cause of the blast could not be independently verified. <\/p>\n<p>The explosion comes a day before US president Joe Biden is due to arrive in Israel in a bid to show solidarity and influence the conduct of the war against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestine Red Crescent said \u201chundreds\u201d of people had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces said: \u201cA hospital is a highly sensitive building and is not an IDF target. The IDF investigating the source of the explosion and like always is prioritising accuracy and reliability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said: \u201c[The] WHO strongly condemns the attack on Al Ahli Arab hospital in north Gaza. Early reports indicate hundreds of deaths and injuries.\u00a0We call for the immediate protection of civilians and healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas decreed three days of mourning for the victims, according to the official Palestinian news agency. <\/p>\n<p>Ghassan Abu Sitta, a Palestinian-British surgeon, posted on social media: \u201cI moved to Al Ahli hospital to help out. The Israelis have just hit Al Ahli hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2277\" height=\"1518\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1340\" height=\"1340\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/e60de69f-a043-4214-ad34-5e97936a2b15.jpg\" alt=\"A woman embraces the body of a Palestinian child killed in Israeli strikes, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2277\" height=\"1518\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>More than 3,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the attack, according to Palestinian officials<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Mohammed Salem\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thousands of Palestinians have been taking refuge in hospitals believing they would be safe from Israel\u2019s bombardment of the enclave. <\/p>\n<p>Gaza has been targeted by intense Israeli bombardment for more than a week. Dozens were killed in air strikes in the southern towns of Rafah and Khan Younis on Tuesday and scores more injured, according to Palestinian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled to the south of the enclave after Israel ordered them to leave the north, including Gaza City. <\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military says it is targeting Hamas militants, whom it accuses of hiding around hospitals and schools and using civilians as \u201chuman shields\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The bombardment began after Hamas\u2019s assault on Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,400 Israelis, according to Israeli officials, while nearly 200 hostages were taken.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli bombardment has since killed more than 3,000 people in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials.<\/p>\n<p>The UN said on Tuesday that at least six people had been killed when one of its schools in the middle of the territory sheltering 4,000 displaced Palestinians was hit during Israeli air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>It added that dozens more were injured including some of its staff in a school in the al-Maghazi refugee camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is outrageous and it again shows a flagrant disregard for the lives of civilians,\u201d said Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general for UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees. \u201cNo place is safe in Gaza anymore, not even UNRWA facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UN has warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Drinking water is scarce, mains power is not available and supplies of fuel, medicines and food are running out. UNRWA said \u201cpeople will start dying\u201d because of the water shortages.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Donato Mancini<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/5857e875-53e3-4f1d-bc36-e6e22acae90f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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