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Israeli air strikes hit Gaza City hospital, Palestinian officials say | |
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Israeli air strikes hit the compound of Gaza City's main hospital on Monday, Palestinian officials and. | |
The attack hit a building close to the main gate of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, according to medics. An AFP correspondent at the scene said a wall of a building inside the compound was damaged by a missile apparently fired by a drone. | |
The Israeli military denied its forces were responsible for the strike on the hospital and a separate strike on nearby park. It said both "were struck by failed rocket attacks" misfired by Palestinian militants. | |
A Palestinian health official said at least 10 people, including children, were killed in the strikes. | |
Air strikes on Gaza resumed on Monday followed a 12-hour pause in the fighting amid international efforts to end the three-week war between Israel and Hamas. | |
Israel's military said it struck two rocket launchers and a rocket-manufacturing facility in central and northern Gaza after a Hamas rocket hit southern Israel earlier in the day. The rocket caused no damage or injuries. | |
The United Nations on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting that has already killed more than 1,040 Palestinians, 43 Israeli soldiers and three civilians on the Israeli side. | The United Nations on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting that has already killed more than 1,040 Palestinians, 43 Israeli soldiers and three civilians on the Israeli side. |
Statistics published by OCHA, the UN humanitarian agency, show that some 22 hospitals, clinics and medical centres have been hit and damaged by Israeli shelling since the military operation began on 8 July. | |
In a statement issued shortly before the strike on Shifa hospital, the World Health Organisation said it was "appalled" by the number of strikes on healthcare facilities and personnel. | |
"The World Health Organisation has been appalled by the continuing trend for healthcare facilities, staff and vehicles to come under direct fire in Gaza since the escalation of violence on 8 July 2014," a statement said. | |
"It is vital for health facilities and staff to be able to perform their life-saving work without fear of attack," it said, recalling that all parties are obliged under international humanitarian law "to "protect medical services." |