🚨 THROWBACK: Hundreds dead in Gaza hospital strike

October 17, 2023 marked one of the most horrific moments of the Gaza war: the deadly attack on Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, which sent shockwaves far beyond the region.

What happened?

🌏 Around 7 p.m. local time (16:00 GMT), a massive explosion ripped through the hospital courtyard, where displaced families had sought shelter from ongoing airstrikes

🌏 Some 471 people were killed and 342 more injured, including children, doctors, and patients, according to the Gaza Health Ministry

🌏 Eyewitnesses referenced charred bodies, destroyed ambulances, and operating rooms turned into makeshift morgues

🌏 Blast occurred amid Israel’s military operation following Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on the Jewish state

Who was responsible?

👉 Palestinian officials pointed the finger at the Israeli military, calling the blast a deliberate attack on a civilian target

👉 Hamas condemned the explosion as a “horrific massacre,” which the Palestinian militant group said was caused by an Israeli airstrike

👉 Israeli forces conducted 187 attacks on health care facilities in Gaza ahead of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital strike, according to Human Rights Watch and the World Health Organization

👉 Israel denied responsibility, claiming without proof that the blast was a misfired rocket launched by Palestinian militants

How did the world react?

➡️ UN called the hospital strike “totally unacceptable,” insisting that the perpetrators must be held to account

➡️ Then-European Council chief Charles Michel warned that "an attack against a civilian infrastructure is not in line with international law”

➡️ African Union accused Israel of a "war crime"

➡️ Turkey condemned the incident as "the latest example of Israeli attacks devoid of the most basic human values"

➡️ US urged both sides to exercise restraint and emphasized the need for a full inquiry

➡️ Russia and the United Arab Emirates called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting to be held after the blast

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