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What we know so far about the deadly strike on a Gaza hospital

An injured person is assisted at Shifa Hospital after an Israeli air attack hit the nearby Al-Ahli Hospital, October 17 [Mohammed Al-Masri/Reuters]

Nearly 500 people have been killed in an Israeli air attack on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said.

The health ministry in Gaza said the blast at the hospital was caused by an Israeli air raid. Israel has attributed the explosion to a misfired rocket launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) armed group. The PIJ has denied the allegation.

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