Israeli air raids target hospital in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Palestine

Israeli warplanes targeted on Sunday the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, according to the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa satellite channel.

The channel said the medical facility sustained infrastructural damage due to the bombing, and also shared photos of the destruction.

The latest conflict began a week ago when Hamas initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood – a multi-pronged surprise attack including a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into Israel via land, sea and air.

Hamas said the operation was in retaliation for the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and Israeli settlers’ growing violence against Palestinians.

The Israeli military then launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas targets within the Gaza Strip.

That response has extended into cutting water and electricity supplies to Gaza, further worsening the living conditions in an area that endured a crippling siege since 2007, as well as ordering over a million Gazans to evacuate from the strip’s north to the south in less than 24 hours.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi