According to Hamas, it is the “Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital” in Gaza City that was bombed in an Israeli air strike. The Israeli military (IDF) tells Reuters that its intelligence shows that an Islamist terrorist group is behind the terrorist bombing. This is denied by a spokesperson from the Islamic Holy War, according to Reuters. At least 500 people have been killed in the airstrike on an area outside a hospital in the central part of the Gaza Strip, Hamas claims. The picture shows the air strike at the hospital in Gaza. The picture has been verified by news. Photo: Twitter The information was not confirmed by other sources on Tuesday evening and the death toll varies. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) says, according to Reuters, that it is not aware of the allegations. According to Al Jazeera, thousands of Palestinians had sought refuge in the hospital’s courtyard. Many of the victims will be women and children, according to the channel. The injured are taken out of the hospital. The images have been verified by Reuters. Pictures that the AP news agency has received show flames engulfing parts of the area, broken windows and body parts strewn across the area. Dead and relatives after the air raid. Photo: Dawood NEMER / AFP Ahli Arab Hospital is the oldest hospital in Gaza and was founded in 1882. More than 45,000 people have been treated annually at the hospital, according to the hospital’s own website. Attack on school At the same time, the UN aid agency UNRWA reports that at least six people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) runs the school in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp. The UN states that at least 4,000 people have sought refuge at the school. – Nowhere is safe in Gaza anymore, not even UN facilities, writes UNRWA on the messaging service X. Around 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza Strip and 12,500 wounded since October 7, according to Palestinian health authorities. The Palestinian president announces three days of national mourning after the air attack, state news media write. The map shows where the attack took place. Red Cross: – Hospitals must not be attacked – They must be respected and protected, writes Red Cross chief legal officer Tobias Köhler in an e-mail to news. He further writes that there is a very high threshold for hospitals to become military targets. – Before attacking them, a warning must be sent that sets a reasonable deadline, Köhler writes about the international law of war.
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