'There was a strong explosion and the ceiling fell on the operating room,' said Ghassan Abu Sittah, a doctor with Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
JERUSALEM — Health officials in Gaza on Tuesday said at least 200 people were killed in an air strike on a hospital compound which sheltered the wounded and displaced from Israeli bombing, prompting condemnation and fury in the Middle East and beyond.
Biden was already facing the prospect of balancing unequivocal US backing for Israel with stopping the war spiraling into wider regional conflict and improving conditions for civilians in besieged Gaza. "We were operating in the hospital. There was a strong explosion and the ceiling fell on the operating room," said Ghassan Abu Sittah, a doctor with medical charity Doctors Without Borders .The Gaza health ministry said between 200 and 300 people were killed at the hospital in "occupation strikes" and hundreds more were trapped.
Shell-shocked Israel has responded with withering air strikes against targets in Gaza, leaving about 3,000 Gazans dead, the health ministry in Gaza said before the Ahli Arab strike. Diplomatic bids to free the hostages have gathered pace. Turkey said it was in talks with Hamas to secure their release.
Washington has already sent two aircraft carrier strike groups to the eastern Mediterranean "to deter hostile actions against Israel". Hezbollah later said five of its fighters were killed "performing jihad", taking the number of its fighters killed in the intensifying border skirmishes to 10. It said it was "extremely concerned" about disease outbreaks due to poor water supply and sanitation.
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