Bombing Gaza hospital / Al-Ahli Hospital / Palestine - Israel conflict

thanks for your support An Israeli strike has killed more than 500 Palestinians at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, according to Gaza’s health ministry. The Israeli military says the bombing – one of the deadliest attacks on a hospital in decades – was the result of a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket. The mass killing at the hospital has spurred widespread international condemnation and protests at Israeli embassies in several countries. Protesters have clashed with Palestinian police in the occupied West Bank, underscoring anger at the Palestinian Authority leadership. US President Joe Biden is on his way to Israel where he is set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But a planned summit in Amman with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the leaders of Jordan and Egypt has been cancelled. Amid Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians face a deepening humanitarian crisis, with aid still not allowed into the besieged enclave. Palestinians wounded at al-Ahli hospital in Gaza sit on the floor at al-Shifa hospital following a deadly air strike blamed on Israel [Abed Khaled/AP] Palestinians wounded at Al-Ahli Hospital sit on the floor at Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City [Abed Khaled/AP Photo] Click here to share on social media Advertisement 4h ago (00:02 GMT) Before and after a massacre: The Gaza hospital strike The Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital not only treated the many wounded in Gaza, it also sheltered people ordered by Israel to flee the north to “save themselves”. Thousands of children, women and the elderly believed they would be safe. But an Israeli air attack shattered that notion, killing at least 500 people and wounding hundreds more in what is widely being described as a massacre. The hospital was engulfed in flames with mutilated bodies scattered among the destruction – many of the victims little kids. Al Jazeera’s digital investigative unit has pinpointed the exact moment of the deadly attack through video analysis. The fallout from the air strike continues, with dozens of demonstrations in the region. Protests outside Israeli, US and French embassies immediately erupted in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia. A summit with the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, and Jordan – including US President Biden – set for Wednesday was cancelled. Biden, meanwhile, still plans to visit Israel as it threatens an all-out ground invasion of Gaza. And messages from Israel’s regional foes Iran and the Lebanon-based armed group Hezbollah promising “a response” if the carnage in Gaza is not immediately stopped continue to reverberate around the Middle East. Click here to share on social media 5h ago (23:55 GMT) ‘Fabrication of lies‘: Palestinian Islamic Jihad denounces Israel accusation Palestinian Islamic Jihad described as “lies” the Israeli army’s accusations that it was responsible for the hospital strike. “The Zionist enemy is trying hard to evade its responsibility for the brutal massacre he committed by bombing the Baptist Arab National Hospital in Gaza through his usual fabrication of lies, and through pointing the finger of blame at the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine,” it said in a statement. “We therefore affirm the accusations put forward by the enemy are false and baseless.” Play Video Video Duration 00 minutes 46 seconds 00:46 Israeli minister: ‘Losing land is price Arabs understand’ Click here to share on social media 5h ago (23:44 GMT) UK pledges to work with allies after ‘devastating’ hospital attack UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the United Kingdom will work with its close allies to find out what happened at Gaza’s Al-Ahli Hospital and to protect innocent civilians in Gaza. In a post on X, the top UK diplomat wrote: “The destruction of Al Ahli hospital is a devastating loss of human life.” “The UK has been clear. The protection of civilian life must come first. The UK will work with our allies to find out what has happened and protect innocent civilians in Gaza,” he said. The UK government – along with the leadership of the Labour opposition – has made it clear that it stands behind Israel in the current conflict. Click here to share on social media 5h ago (23:38 GMT) Photos: Outrage spreads across Middle East after attack on Gaza hospital Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the Middle East and North Africa to show their outrage in the aftermath of the deadly Israeli air attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza.