Israeli forces bomb tents at central Gaza hospital
Israeli fighter jets have bombed tents housing displaced Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, wounding at least 11 people, according to the Palestinian Information Center and the Quds News Network.
Israel claims it bombed Hamas command centre at Al-Aqsa Hospital
The Israeli military said its fighter jets had bombed Hamas operatives who were running a “command and control complex” from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
It did not provide evidence for its claims.
The Israeli military routinely uses the allegation to justify its attacks on hospitals, schools and other civilian buildings in Gaza. The UN, however, has criticised such attacks, saying they may amount to war crimes as medical facilities are protected infrastructure under international law.
Israel’s latest attack on Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital – which hit tents housing displaced Palestinians inside the facility’s grounds – wounded at least 11 people.
Israeli forces besiege hospital, bulldoze areas of Tulkarem
A convoy of Israeli military vehicles has stormed the city in the occupied West Bank, besieging the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, the Wafa news agency reports.
Two Israeli bulldozers have begun destroying infrastructure in Tulkarem around the al-Alimi roundabout to the west, the al-Younis roundabout to the north, and the Iktaba roundabout to the east.
Bulldozers are also destroying roads and infrastructure around the Nour Shams refugee camp in the city.
Raids and clashes have been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. Incidents include:
- Israeli forces storming the city of Jenin
- Israeli forces storming the Deheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem and Husan village, west of Bethlehem
- Clashes erupting between Palestinian resistance groups and Israeli forces near Jalazone camp, north of el-Bireh city
- A group of Palestinian men being detained in Madama village, south of Nablus
- A man being arrested in the city of Qalqilya
