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Israel’s attacks on hospitals ‘should be investigated as war crimes’: HRW

Palestinians check the damage after a convoy of ambulances was hit by an Israeli air strike at the entrance of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on November 3, 2023 [File:Mohammed Al-Masri/Reuters]

Israel’s repeated attacks on medical facilities, health personnel and ambulances in Gaza should be “investigated as war crimes”, international NGO Human Rights Watch has said.

The Israeli military’s “apparently unlawful attacks” are further destroying Gaza’s healthcare system at a time when medics have unprecedented numbers of severely injured patients, and hospitals have run out of medicine and basic equipment, the group said on Tuesday.

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