Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli strike hits Gaza medical convoy

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Israel-Hamas war live: Israeli strike hits Gaza medical convoy

By Farah Najjar and Joseph Stepansky

Israeli attack hits ambulance at gate of al-Shifa Hospital, killing 15 people and injuring 16 others, Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says.

Israel has confirmed it bombed an ambulance in Gaza, alleging that Hamas was using the vehicle – a claim rejected by Health Ministry spokesman.

More from former UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness

Gunness has said there is a very real prospect of communicable diseases spreading in Gaza amid widespread displacement and the lack of clean water and other critical supplies.

“That’s the prospect, and let’s be clear, this is a matter of political choice,” he told Al Jazeera.

“This is a humanitarian catastrophe which world leaders in giving Israel a greenlight to continue … the war, they are responsible for this.”

Dozens of US activists arrested amid Washington, DC sit-ins

The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights advocacy group says dozens of activists were arrested after the sit-ins were held at eight senators’ offices.

The activists “were arrested after engaging in civil disobedience in defense of the human rights of the Palestinian people”, the group’s executive director, Ahmad Abuznaid, said in a post on social media.

“The US government is arresting human rights defenders protesting genocide while arming the war criminals.”