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‘Pal’ leader declares three-day mourning period… Meeting with Biden canceled
Hamas “clear war crime”… Israeli military: “Confirming facts”
Gaza residents injured in Israeli airstrike
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(Johannesburg = Yonhap News) Correspondent Yoo Hyeon-min = The Israeli military attacked a hospital in the Gaza Strip on the afternoon of the 17th (local time), killing at least 500 people, the BBC and Al Jazeera reported.
According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Palestinian armed faction Hamas, the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli military airstrike this afternoon, killing at least 500 people.
“Hundreds of people were injured and hundreds of victims are still under the rubble of the building,” the health ministry said. Accordingly, the number of deaths is expected to increase further.
If the report is true, it is the most damaging Israeli airstrike since 2008, local Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
In particular, Al Jazeera pointed out that major negative news broke out a day before U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and Jordan on the 18th.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the Israeli airstrikes as a “hospital massacre” and declared three days of mourning.
The broadcast added that President Abbas also canceled a meeting with President Biden scheduled for Amman, Jordan on the 18th.
Hamas condemned the airstrike as “genocide” and a “clear war crime.”
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) stated that they were verifying the facts.
Major General Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military’s chief spokesman, said, “It is hard to believe that there were so many casualties in the recent airstrike,” and added, “We have not yet received a specific report, so we are confirming the facts with the field command.”
He added, “Fake news often comes from Hamas,” Haaretz reported.
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