The ministry said at least 500 people had been killed.
An Israeli air strike has hit a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter, killing hundreds, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said there were still no details on the hospital deaths, adding: “We will get the details and update the public. I don’t know to say whether it was an Israeli air strike.” A top Israeli official said on Tuesday his country was demanding guarantees that Hamas militants would not seize any aid deliveries.
With tens of thousands of troops massed along the border, Israel has been expected to launch a ground invasion into Gaza — but plans remained uncertain. An air strike in Deir al Balah reduced a house to rubble, killing a man and 11 women and children inside and in a neighbouring house, some of whom had evacuated from Gaza City. Witnesses said there was no warning before the strike.Shelling from Israeli tanks hit a UN school in central Gaza where 4,000 Palestinians had taken refuge, killing six people and wounding dozens, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said.
“Not only is it targeting and murdering civilians with unprecedented savagery, it’s hiding behind civilians,” he said.In Gaza City, Israeli air strikes also hit the house of Hamas’ top political official, Ismail Haniyeh, killing at least 14 people. More than one million Palestinians have fled their homes — roughly half of Gaza’s population — and 60% are now in the approximately eight-mile long area south of the evacuation zone, the UN said.
At the Rafah crossing, Gaza’s only connection to Egypt, truckloads of aid were waiting to enter. The World Food Programme said that it had more than 300 tons of food waiting to cross into Gaza. He said Israel was insisting to search all aid, and wants to “ensure that such aid won’t benefit Hamas.”Officials for Hamas and Israel cast doubt on an immediate opening, saying they were unaware of an agreement.
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