FIGHTING NEAR HOSPITAL IN KHAN YOUNIS
Khan Younis, the place Israeli forces superior this month after a truce collapsed on Dec 1, additionally got here below heavy bombardment on Thursday morning from warplanes and tanks close to al-Amal hospital, west of Israeli positions.
The Palestinian Crimson Crescent, which runs the hospital and has its headquarters close by, stated 10 Palestinians have been killed and 12 wounded in a single bombardment there, the third strike focusing on the world across the hospital in lower than an hour.
Residents stated they believed Israeli forces have been attempting to impress a brand new exodus forward of an extra floor assault.
Close by at Nasser Hospital, the principle medical centre in Khan Younis and largest nonetheless functioning in Gaza, girls and kids shrieked because the useless and wounded have been introduced in.
A toddler lay immobile on a cot whereas medics tried to revive him; one physician nodded “no”, signalling the boy was useless.
Israel reported three extra of its troopers killed, bringing its toll within the floor marketing campaign to 169. The previous week has seen a few of its heaviest losses of the battle to this point.
Just about all of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been pushed from their properties at the least as soon as and plenty of a number of occasions. Solely a handful of hospitals nonetheless perform.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Israeli military said it “regrets the harm caused to uninvolved civilians” from a Dec 24 air strike on the Maghazi refugee camp that killed 70 people, in response to the Palestinian well being ministry.
The assertion stated warplanes struck two targets adjoining to the place Hamas militants have been working, and a preliminary inquiry confirmed additional buildings close by have been additionally hit, “which seemingly brought about unintended hurt to extra uninvolved civilians”. It added: “The IDF … is performing to attract conclusions and study classes from this occasion.”
The Palestinian well being ministry denounced the assault as a bloodbath in a crowded residential sq..
