Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said the death toll from the Israeli bombardment of the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza has risen to 500.
Hundreds of victims are still trapped under the rubble after shelling targeted the Baptist Hospital in central Gaza, the Health Ministry said.
“Keep in mind that the hospital is home to hundreds of sick, wounded and displaced people from their homes due to the raids,” it said in a statement.
Many civilians had taken refuge in the bombed hospital. A large number of wounded were taken to Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
On the other hand; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared 3 days of mourning due to the Israeli attack on the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza.
Israel: We don’t have details
Israeli army spokesman Hagari said, “We do not have all the details” about the hospital attack in Gaza.
Hagari said at a press conference, “Before coming here, I spoke with the Gaza unit about the incident. We don’t have all the details. We will look at the details of the incident, find out what happened and inform the public.”
The army spokesperson said that there have been several airstrikes on Gaza, claiming that “there have been unsuccessful attempts by Hamas to launch rockets and circulate false news.”
Israeli Minister: The only thing that should enter Gaza is hundreds of tons of explosives
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote that “as long as Israeli prisoners are not released” held by Palestinian groups in the blockaded Gaza Strip, “hundreds of tons of explosives should enter the territory instead of aid. “As long as Hamas does not release the hostages it is holding, the only thing that should enter Gaza is not a gram of humanitarian aid, but hundreds of tons of explosives from the Air Force,” Ben-Gvir said in a post on social media platform X.
Message from President Erdogan
Making a statement on his social media account about the hospital attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said: “Striking a hospital with women, children and innocent civilians inside is the latest example of Israel’s attacks devoid of the most basic human values. I call on all humanity to take action to stop this unprecedented atrocity in Gaza.”
Kurtulmus: They will not escape Allah’s wrath
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş also reacted to the attack in a message. Kurtulmuş’s message is as follows:
Israel continues to brutally strike humanity in front of the eyes of the whole world. Continuing to target civilian settlements, brutal Zionism massacred hundreds of innocent people in an attack on a hospital in Gaza. We never accept Israel’s attacks targeting civilians in defiance of international law and condemn them once again in the strongest terms. As Turkey, we will continue to oppose the disproportionate and barbaric attacks on Gaza, which are far from any humanitarian and moral basis. We call out to the whole world. How long will we remain silent as the flames of this grave crime against humanity engulf the whole world step by step, grinding away everything that makes human beings human, one by one, second by second? Who, how and when will teach the desperate rulers and supporters of a brutal order that knows no law that even enmity has its dignity? Which institution, which authority will put a stop to these massacres and war crimes that continue before our eyes? We are ashamed for humanity, we are ashamed for our future; we are ashamed of being ashamed… Let the following lines translate our anger, our anxiety, our pain: They think that if we remain silent, there will be no issue. However, if we remain silent, history will not remain silent. If history is silent, the truth will not be silent. They think that if they get rid of us, there will be no issue. However, if they get rid of us, they will not be able to get rid of the torment of conscience. If they get rid of the torment of conscience, they will not be able to escape the torment of history. If they get rid of the torment of history, they will not escape the wrath of Allah.
‘Strong’ condemnation from WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned the attack on al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on social media platform X about the attack on al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.
Ghebreyesus said, “Initial reports indicate hundreds of dead and wounded. We call for the immediate protection of civilians and health services.”
Director Ghebreyesus noted that they demanded the withdrawal of the evacuation request (made by Israel) of hospitals in northern Gaza.
Strong reaction from Lebanon
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated that hundreds of people were killed in the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as a result of Israel’s “crime”.
Mikati made a statement on his X social media account regarding the deaths of 500 people as a result of the Israeli attack on the hospital in the Gaza Strip.
Stating that hundreds of people lost their lives in the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza “due to the crime committed by Israel”, Mikati stated that the international conscience remained silent in the face of cruelty and truth, and asked how long this would last.
Egypt Collective punishment
“The Arab Republic of Egypt condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli bombardment of the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip, which killed hundreds of innocent people,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a written statement.
The statement emphasized that “the deliberate bombing of civilian facilities is a serious violation of international and humanitarian law” and called on Israel to “immediately end its policies of collective punishment against the people in the Gaza Strip.”
Palestine:War crime
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated that the Israeli warplanes’ targeting of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza is a “war crime”.
A written statement was made on the Ministry’s Facebook account regarding Israel’s targeting of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.In the statement, it was noted that Israeli warplanes committed a “war crime” by targeting the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which is also a crime against humanity.
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a written statement on Israel’s attack on the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza and said: “We are deeply outraged by the targeting of a hospital in Gaza today, killing hundreds of Palestinians and injuring many more, and we condemn these barbaric attacks in the strongest terms.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a written statement regarding the Israeli attack on the hospital in Gaza.
“We are deeply outraged that hundreds of Palestinians lost their lives and many more were injured as a result of the targeting of a hospital in Gaza today, and we condemn these barbaric attacks in the strongest terms. We wish mercy to our Palestinian brothers and sisters who lost their lives in the attacks and a speedy recovery to the wounded. It is inevitable that a mentality that directly targets civilians and shoots hospitals and schools will be held accountable before international law and conscience.”
