‘They believed it was safe’: death toll rising after blast at Gaza hospital

Rescue personnel working at the scene of the explosion at Al-Ahli Arabi hospital in Gaza City. Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters

Health officials say blast killed hundreds as footage shows fire engulfing medical centre owned by Anglican church

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed in a massive explosion at a crowded hospital in Gaza City, in the biggest single loss of life in the blockaded territory in all the five wars between Hamas and Israel since the militants took over the strip in 2007.… Read the rest

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