Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Iran are among the countries that condemn the air attack on an area outside a hospital in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Turkey’s foreign ministry says it “condemns Israel’s barbaric attack in the strongest possible terms”. The head of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, is asking Israeli leaders to “stop the tragedy immediately”. – What kind of diabolical mind bombards a hospital and defenseless residents on purpose?, he writes on X (formerly Twitter). Russia and the United Arab Emirates are now asking for the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting tomorrow. This is what Russia’s UN ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy writes on Telegram. Several hundred people have been killed in the air strike, according to Hamas. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) tells Reuters that they are not aware of the allegations, but are now investigating what happened. – It is difficult to believe that there will be such a high number of victims when the attack happened so recently. There are many false reports from Hamas, says IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari to Haaretz. Asking for protection The EU chief and the WHO chief also condemn the attack on the hospital in Gaza. – We ask for immediate protection of civilians and health personnel, writes Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization WHO on Twitter. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is now canceling a meeting with US President Joe Biden tomorrow. That is according to the Palestinian Authority. Several hundred killed According to Al Jazeera, thousands of Palestinians had sought refuge in the hospital’s courtyard. Many of the victims are said to be women and children. Ahli Arab Hospital is the oldest hospital in Gaza and was founded in 1982. More than 45,000 people have been treated at the hospital annually, according to the hospital’s own website. The Red Cross’s chief legal officer, Tobias Köhler, says hospitals should not be attacked. – They must be respected and protected, he states. Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says he is deeply concerned. – Hospitals must be protected in accordance with international humanitarian law and attacks against them are prohibited. Ingrid Fiskaa is SV’s foreign policy spokesperson. – It is completely unacceptable. I want to ask the foreign minister to call the Israeli ambassador onto the carpet as soon as possible, she says to news.
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