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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

Airstrike destroys parts of Gaza City hospital as Israel intensifies offensive

Flames rise from a building as the sky is filled with an orange glow
Flames rise after the Israeli army launches an airstrike on al-Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

An Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital in Gaza City early on Sunday, as Israel continued its military offensive in the war-battered Palestinian territory and cut off access to the southern city of Rafah.

The Palestinian civil defence agency said Israel’s air force fired missiles at al-Ahli hospital at around 2am. It was the only hospital still fully functioning in Gaza City after the destruction of medical facilities in the northern area of the strip.

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