A government statement said Israeli forces targeted “a convoy of ambulances carrying the wounded,” while the Health Ministry said several people were killed in the strike near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
At the scene, an AFP reporter saw a number of bodies near a damaged ambulance.
On October 7, Hamas militants stormed the border and killed at least 1,400, according to Israeli officials. people, mostly civilians, and took at least 240 hostages.
After this attack, Israel began a relentless bombing campaign against the Hamas-controlled enclave, during which, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, more than 9,200 people were killed in the area. people, mostly civilians.
Israel has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population severely short of food, water, medicine and fuel.
Hamas is the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip; it has been involved in several wars with Israel since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007. The group has been recognized as a terrorist by Israel, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and some other countries.
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2024-10-07 08:51:18
