At Least 500 Dead In Airstrike On Gaza City Hospital, Ministry Says. Top Hamas Commander Killed — Top Points

Around 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip so far, the Hamas-run health ministry said.

Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

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New Delhi: Israel on Tuesday continued its attack on Gaza in response to October 7 attacks by Hamas, while the militant group kept up a barrage of rocket attacks, and tensions mounted near the Israel-Lebanon border.

In a deadly Israeli airstrike, at least 500 people were killed in a Gaza City Hospital where thousands of people were seeking medical treatment and shelter at the time of the blast, the Gaza Health Ministry said.

Around 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip so far, the Hamas-run health ministry said. More than 12,500 others have been wounded since the war began, following a shock Hamas assault on Israel that killed around 1,300 people, the vast majority of whom were civilians.

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• US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to make clear Israel has the right to defend itself.
  
  
• Hamas on Tuesday confirmed the death of a high-ranking member in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to a report by the Times of Israel. In an official statement, Hamas announced that Ayman Nofal, a prominent member of the group's General Military Council and the head of its military wing's Central Gaza Brigade, was killed in an airstrike that targeted the Bureij refugee camp, as per the report. 
  
  
• Another Israeli strike killed at least six people who were sheltering in a school in the Gaza Strip, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said. "At least six people were killed this afternoon when an UNRWA school was hit in Al-Maghazi refugee camp", in central Gaza, the agency said.
  
  
• Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a warning on Tuesday, stating that forces opposed to Israel would be unstoppable if Israel continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
  
  
• UN warned Israel against the "forcible transfer of civilians" in Gaza, which could violate international law. According to the UN human rights office, a legal temporary evacuation of civilians imposes obligations on Israel, which the Geneva-based agency claims it has made no attempt to meet.
  
  
• The Israeli army killed four fighters who were trying to cross the fence from Lebanon and plant an explosive device.
  
  
• During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised concerns about the safety of civilians in the ongoing conflict. He accused Hamas of committing double war crimes by not only targeting civilians but also using them as human shields, a contentious issue that has heightened regional tensions.