New Delhi: A number of folks have been killed after an Israeli strike hit a convoy of ambulances that was on its method from al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Friday, Palestinian well being authorities mentioned, information company AFP reported. An announcement issued by the Hamas authorities mentioned the ambulances, which have been transporting the injured folks, have been heading in the direction of south in Rafah.
“A number of residents have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on the entrance to Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza metropolis,” the well being ministry mentioned in a press release.
In keeping with the well being ministry spokesperson, the Israel strike focused the ambulance convoy at a number of places outdoors the door of al-Shifa Hospital. He mentioned it was focused on the hospital gate and at Ansar Sq. a kilometre away, information company Reuters reported.
It’s to be famous that the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza is dealing with extreme over-crowding because the mattress occupancy fee stood at 164 per cent, based on the World Well being Group.
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The Palestinian well being ministry mentioned round 16 hospitals in Gaza aren’t functioning as a consequence of lack of gasoline and harm from the Israeli airstrikes. The WHO additionally warned that the gasoline scarcity may threat the lives of the essential sufferers in different hospitals.
In the meantime, because the Israel Hamas warfare entered its twenty eighth day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned there could be no short-term ceasefire in Gaza until all of the hostages are launched.
“Israel rejects a short lived ceasefire that doesn’t contain the return of our hostages,” PM Netanyahu mentioned in a televised handle.
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He was referring to about 240 individuals who the Hamas had kidnapped throughout the shock assault they unleashed on October 7.