According to its own statements, the Israeli army has in the north Gaza Strip an ambulance allegedly used by Hamas terrorists was shot at. The military said several terrorists were killed in the attack, which was carried out with a fighter jet. The incident occurred in a combat zone. Civilians in the region have been repeatedly urged to move to the southern Gaza Strip.
Hamas said 13 people were killed and 26 others injured in an Israeli military attack on an ambulance convoy near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It was initially unclear whether this was the same incident.
According to the from of Hamas Controlled by the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, the attack on the ambulance convoy took place in front of the entrance to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The BBC said it checked the authenticity of several videos about the incident. Accordingly, at least three videos uploaded to the Internet this Friday show around 20 seriously injured or possibly dead people in the entrance area of the Al-Shifa Hospital. Damage to the front of an ambulance can also be seen in the videos, but a crater from a rocket impact or shrapnel from projectiles cannot be seen.
WHO chief “shocked” by attack
Israel states that Hamas uses Al-Shifa Hospital as a command center. Israeli media recently reported, citing security circles, that Hamas had concentrated around 30,000 people around the clinic in order to use them as human shields against Israeli attacks.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was shocked by the attack. Patients, medical staff, facilities and ambulances must be “protected at all times”.he wrote on X. He again called for a ceasefire.
According to its own statements, the Israeli army has in the north Gaza Strip an ambulance allegedly used by Hamas terrorists was shot at. The military said several terrorists were killed in the attack, which was carried out with a fighter jet. The incident occurred in a combat zone. Civilians in the region have been repeatedly urged to move to the southern Gaza Strip.
Hamas said 13 people were killed and 26 others injured in an Israeli military attack on an ambulance convoy near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. It was initially unclear whether this was the same incident.