Israel admits it attacked a refugee tent at the Gaza Hospital, burning dozens of people alive

Military Israel It admitted on Sunday night that it had bombed tents housing refugees at the <a href="https://www.world-today-news.com/inadequate-morgue-facilities-in-gaza-hospital-uses-ice-cream-truck-as-makeshift-morgue-crisis-in-gaza/" title="Inadequate Morgue Facilities in Gaza: Hospital Uses Ice Cream Truck as Makeshift Morgue – Crisis in Gaza”>Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Jalan Gaza middle part.

As a result of the attack, four Palestinians died and 40 others were injured, including serious burns.

“With instructions from the IDF (ground force) and ISA intelligence, the IAF (air force) carried out targeted attacks against members operating inside the command and control center in the Deir al-Balah region,” the military said Israel.

“The command and control center, located in the building that was formerly the ‘Shuhadah Al-Aqsa’ hospital, was used by Hamas members to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against the IDF and Israeli forces, ” said the statement.

Earlier on Sunday, Israeli warplanes bombed several refugee tents on the grounds of the hospital, starting a large fire that burned about 30 tents.

Pictures of people trapped in the flames have flooded social media. One was a patient who had been burned alive with an IV line still attached to his arm.

Witnesses also said that the fire spread quickly due to the nylon materials and flammable fabrics used in the tents.

Medical teams evacuated several injured people, including women and children, whose clothes were burnt by the explosion.

At least four Palestinians were killed and 40 others wounded in Israeli attacks in the area, officials at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told the official Palestinian news agency, He died.

Notice

According to a written statement from the government media office in Gaza, this was the seventh Israeli army attack targeting the tents of civilians seeking shelter at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Israeli warplanes bombed the tents of civilians seeking refuge in the hospital building previously on January 10, March 13, July 22, August 4 and September 27.

Israel continued to launch violent attacks on Gaza following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, 2023, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.

More than 42,200 people have died since then, mostly women and children, and more than 98,400 people have been injured, according to local health authorities.

Israel’s offensive has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid ongoing blockades that have resulted in shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for what it did in Gaza.

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