The Israeli military has attacked tents housing displaced people at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza, creating a fire which killed four people and wounded scores of others.
Medical sources cited by Wafa news agency said that the blaze, which broke out following Israeli bombardment early on Monday morning, also wounded around 7o others in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
Footage on social media showed tents ablaze and people desperately attempting to douse the fires and rescue people caught in it.
“I was sleeping in a building nearby, some 300 metres away, and woke up to the sound of the bombing,” Bilal Ezzat Khudari, who is originally from Gaza City but now lives in Deir al-Balah, told Middle East Eye
“I rushed to the hospital to see what happened and saw the bombing had caused a fire, which then set off gas canisters used by people and led to a bigger inferno. …..more
