Air strike on Gaza hospital kills hundreds

Hundreds of people have been killed in an air strike on a hospital compound in Gaza, officials in the territory said.

A Gaza civil defence chief told Al-Jazeera that more than 300 people had been killed in the strike on the Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital. Meanwhile, a Gaza health ministry official said at least 500 people were killed and injured.

Israel’s military denied responsibility for the bombing.

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has declared three days of mourning following the incident.

Abbas added that flags will be flown at half-mast “for the martyrs of the Baptist hospital massacre and all our people’s martyrs”, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation added: “What is taking place is genocide. We call on the international community to intervene immediately to stop this massacre. Silence is no longer acceptable.”

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