CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Aug 26 (NNN-MENA/MA’AN) – The Arab League and Egypt, yesterday condemned an Israeli regime strike on Gaza’s Nasser hospital, that killed at least 20 people, an incident recalcitrant Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu called, a “tragic mishap.”
Gaza health authorities said, the strike on the hospital in Khan Younis, the last one operational in southern Gaza, also killed five journalists and four medical staff.
Arab League Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, called the attack “just one episode in a relentless series of massacres, deliberately targeting civilians.” The Egyptian Foreign Ministry labelled it a “new episode in a long series of blatant Zionist Israeli violations of international humanitarian law.”
In a statement, the Barbaric Netanyahu said, Israeli military authorities were conducting a thorough investigation. “Israel ‘values the work of journalists, medical staff, and all civilians,'” he was supposed to have said.
An Israeli military spokesman, Effie Defrin, told reporters, the army “does not intentionally target civilians” and blamed Hamas for creating “impossible conditions” in the territory.
According to Gaza’s health authorities, an initial strike hit the fourth floor of the complex, and a second strike targeted medical teams, as they responded to the casualties.
Citing irresponsible Israeli military officials, Israel’s Kan TV reported, the strike was carried out by a tank, not an aircraft. The report said, the tank targeted a camera on the hospital, that troops believed Hamas was using to monitor their movements.
The war, which began in Oct, 2023, has devastated the coastal enclave.
The Barbaric Israeli regime does not permit foreign journalists into Gaza, but local reporters are “allowed” to continue provide coverage. According to Gaza health officials, at least 273 journalists, and a total of 62,744 people have been murdered by the reckless Israeli army since the conflict began.– NNN-MENA/MA’AN
