Several people have been killed, alongside many others wounded in an Israeli attack on an ambulance convoy close to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza Strip, as disclosed by the Health Ministry of Gaza.
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| Palestinians pulling an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit near the entrance of Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Anas al-Shareef/Reuters via wsj.com |
The city of Gaza remains under siege imposed by Israel as retaliation for the surprise attack launched on Israel by Palestinian Militants known as Hamas.
Hamas struck Israel by surprise in the early hours of Saturday 7 October, 2023, killing several Israelis and taking many others hostage.
The fighting between Hamas and Israel since Saturday has resulted to huge casualties in both Israel and Gaza.
The Gaza Health Ministry revealed, “several citizens were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike at the entrance to al-Shifa hospital” in Gaza City on Friday 3 November, 2023.
A convoy of ambulances was transporting patients with critical wounds from Al Shifa Hospital to the Rafa border crossing with Egypt when it got targeted in an Israeli attack, as disclosed by Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza.
He said, “we informed the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, we informed the whole world, that those victims were lined up in those ambulances.
“This was a medical convoy.”
