An Israeli airstrike in the courtyard of a hospital in the Gaza Strip early Monday morning killed at least four people and sparked a fire that engulfed a tent camp for people displaced by the war, leaving many with severe burns. , according to Palestinian doctors.
The Israeli military said it was targeting militants hiding among civilians, without providing evidence. In recent months it has repeatedly struck overcrowded shelters and tent camps, claiming Hamas fighters were using them as staging grounds. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah was already struggling to treat a large number of wounded from an earlier attack on a shelter-turned-school that killed at least 20 people when the early morning airstrike hit and the fire engulfed many of the tents.
Hospital records showed that four people were killed and 40 injured in the attack. Twenty-five people were transferred to Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza after suffering severe burns, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
