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An Israeli drone strike on tents outside the Al-Aqsa medical complex killed at least two people on Sunday, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Thousands of displaced people are sheltering on the hospital grounds in central Gaza, along with several journalist teams working from tents in the area. Al-Aqsa is the only remaining functional medical facility in the central city of Deir al-Balah.
Videos of the aftermath, shared by journalists, show panic as people ran for cover, and to aid the wounded.
The Israeli military said one of its aircraft struck an « operational Islamic Jihad command center and terrorists that operated from the courtyard » of the hospital. It did not provide evidence to support this claim.
In the north, a raid on Al-Shifa Hospital — Gaza’s largest medical facility — has lasted 14 days, as of Sunday. Israel says it has killed more than 200 militants at the facility, while Palestinians inside Al-Shifa and around it have reported civilian casualties and arrests, as well as large-scale destruction.
The health ministry in Gaza says Israel is not allowing patients and medical staff to evacuate, trapping them without basic resources.
