GAZA/TEL AVIV/BEIRUT - Israel struck an ambulance near a Gaza hospital on Friday in an attack the military said targeted militants, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls by Washington's top diplomat for a halt to fighting unless hostages held by Hamas are freed.
Palestinians pull an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit, at the entrance of Shifa hospital in Gaza City, November 3, 2023.
Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson for the health ministry in Gaza, said 15 people were killed and 60 wounded when Israel struck an ambulance that was part of a convoy at Gaza's biggest hospital, al-Shifa. Gaza health officials did not provide figures for the dead and injured. The Israeli military did not immediately provide comment on the incident.
Over half of Gaza's 2.3 million population is now sheltering in UN Palestinian refugee agency facilities, with inadequate water and food, four UN agencies said in a joint statement. Like Israel, the US has dismissed growing international calls for a ceasefire but has sought to persuade Israel to accept localized pauses.
"You, the Americans, can stop the aggression against Gaza because it is your aggression," Nasrallah said.
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