At least 10 people have been reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Indonesian hospital in north Gaza.
Israeli tanks was said to be moved in on the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza where about a dozen people are reported to have been killed following Israeli strikes on Monday morning.
The director of the hospital said at least 10 people were killed, while Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza later said that 12 people were killed.
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Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told the AFP news agency as well as the deaths, dozens were wounded.
Meanwhile, the director of the hospital, Dr Marwan Al-Sultan told the BBC the Israeli army was about 20 metres from the building.
Earlier he said he had heard gunfire all around and that the department for post-operative care had been hit.
The latest statement from the Israeli military did not refer to action near the hospital.
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It said that: “IDF troops continue to operate in the Gaza Strip, directing aircraft to strike terrorists, terrorist infrastructure, and locating weapons and military equipment.”
It said that three company commanders of Hamas had been killed.