GAZA CITY
Al-Shefaa Hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, was targeted on Monday by an Israeli drone, a medical source and an eyewitness said.
"An Israeli drone shelled one of the gates of the hospital, partially destroying it," the eyewitness said.
Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra, meanwhile, said the attack did not cause any human casualties at the hospital.
Israel launched a series of aerial strikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday, the first day in the Islamic minor feast.
At least ten Palestinian children were killed and 45 others injured on Monday by Israeli shelling of the western Gaza City Al-Shati Camp, a Palestinian Health Ministry official said.
The official, who asked not to be named, added that the bodies of at least ten children arrived at Al-Shefaa Hospital, having been killed by an Israeli strike on a camp public park.
He added that 45 injured victims had also arrived at the hospital, describing the conditions of some of the victims as "serious".
The United Nations had proposed a new 24-hour ceasefire that starts at 2:00pm on Monday, but Israel had rejected it.
Hamas had earlier said that Israel refuses to any kind of calm during the Islamic feast.
At least 1068 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6350 others injured in relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza since July 7, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Israel's current offensive – codenamed "Protective Edge" - is the self-proclaimed Jewish state's third major offensive against the densely populated Gaza Strip - home to 1.8 million Palestinians - within the last six years.
By Mustafa Haboosh
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