According to various sources, from 500 to 600 people were killed and 900 were injured after an Israeli rocket attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip. Kommersant writes about this with reference to the Palestinian Ministry of Health on Tuesday, October 17.
In addition to the wounded Gazans, in the hospital there were those who were hiding from the shelling of the Israeli army. A fire broke out in the hospital building, which has not yet been extinguished.
Israeli media report that the Israeli army is investigating the hospital shelling incident. The military believes that it is “too early to talk about a strike” and that it was an unsuccessful missile launch by the Palestinian side.
“Russia and the UAE have requested an urgent open meeting of the UN Security Council on the morning of October 18 in connection with the attack on a hospital in Gaza,” he wrote in his telegram channels First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky.
About a thousand Russian and CIS citizens who, before the conflict in the Middle East escalated, Russian and CIS citizens stuck in Gaza are moving to the southern borders – Russian Ambassador
The northern part of the sector came under a large-scale rocket attack by the Israeli army
“>lived in the Gaza Strip and moved to its southern border.
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2023-10-17 20:47:08
