13 dead, 26 injured in 'massacre' as Israel bombs Gaza ambulances 26 injured in 'massacre' as Israel bombs Gaza ambulances
Ibrahim
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3 Nov 2023
Vicinity of 3 hospitals in Gaza - Al Shifa Hospital, Al Quds Hospital, and Indonesian Hospital - targeted by Israel, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. / Photo: AA
1721 GMT — At least 13 people have been killed and 26 others injured in a 'massacre' after an Israeli strike hit ambulances at the gate of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the besieged enclave has said.
Earlier, a government statement said Israeli forces targeted "a convoy of ambulances which was transporting the wounded", while the health ministry said several people were killed in the strike near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Israeli strikes hit the main entrance of Al Shifa Hospital, killing several Palestinian civilians near Gaza’s largest hospital. A government statement said Israeli forces targeted “a convoy of ambulances which was transporting the wounded” from Gaza City to Rafah in the south pic.twitter.com/vbSAjKisnI
1732 GMT — 260 wounded soldiers evacuated from Gaza since ground assault began: Israeli army
About 260 wounded Israeli soldiers have been evacuated from Gaza in about 150 air and ground rescue operations, the Israeli army has announced.
"Since the beginning of the war, the 669 Unit, along with other units, has operated in Gaza under constant fire, rescuing and treating Israeli Defence Forces soldiers," the army said in a statement.
"So far, they have carried out 150 ground and rescue operations, evacuating 260 wounded soldiers to hospitals (in Israel)," it added.
1714 GMT — Amnesty International calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Amnesty International has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as civilians continue to suffer under ongoing Israeli bombardment and fighting in the besieged enclave.
"Countless lives have been shattered, ripped apart, and upended due to the crisis in Gaza, Israel and wider Occupied Palestinian Territories," the rights group said in a statement.
"A negotiated cease-fire would put a stop to unlawful attacks by all parties, halt the mounting death toll in Gaza and enable aid agencies to get life-saving aid, water and medical supplies into the strip," it added.
The group also said a cease-fire would "allow hospitals in Gaza to receive life-saving medicines, fuel and equipment they desperately need."
1711 GMT — Resettlement of Palestinians threat to establishment of Palestinian state: Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov likened the resettlement of Palestinians from their land to a threat to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Speaking at a news conference in Moscow following a meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah, Lavrov said, in this case, Palestinians will be doomed to a "rightless existence."
"We are very wary of plans to destroy the prospects for the creation of a Palestinian state, to doom the Palestinians to an eternal rightless existence," he stressed.
1710 GMT — Red Cross urged to ensure safety of ambulances carrying injured in Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to accompany a convoy of wounded people from the north to the south of Gaza through the coastal Al Rashid Street, which was bombed.
In a statement, the ministry said: “We ask the International Committee of the Red Cross to accompany the convoy of injured whose departure will coincide with the return of ambulances that have been detained in the southern Gaza since yesterday.”
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