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 Purple Crescent, which runs the hospital and has its headquarters close by, mentioned 10 Palestinians had been killed and 12 wounded in a single bombardment there, the third strike focusing on the realm across the hospital in lower than an hour.
Residents mentioned they believed Israeli forces had been making an attempt to impress a brand new exodus forward of an additional floor assault.
Close by at Nasser Hospital, the principle medical centre in Khan Younis and largest nonetheless functioning in Gaza, ladies and youngsters shrieked because the lifeless and wounded had been introduced in.
A toddler lay immobile on a cot whereas medics tried to revive him; one physician nodded “no”, signalling the boy was lifeless.
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 struggle up to now.
Just about all of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been pushed from their properties a minimum of as soon as and lots of a number of instances. Solely a handful of hospitals nonetheless operate.
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 mentioned warplanes struck two targets adjoining to the place Hamas militants had been working, and a preliminary inquiry confirmed additional buildings close by had been additionally hit, “which possible induced unintended hurt to further uninvolved civilians”. It added: “The IDF … is appearing to attract conclusions and be taught classes from this occasion.”
The Palestinian well being ministry denounced the assault as a bloodbath in a crowded residential sq..