Several countries on Tuesday denounced an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza hospital that killed hundreds of Palestinians.
An Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip has left at least 500 people dead, a spokesman for the health ministry in the besieged enclave said on Tuesday.
Egypt condemned the attack and said the international community must urgently intervene to stop such violations.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Israeli strike on the hospital in Gaza was “horrific and absolutely unacceptable.”
Trudeau told reporters that “it’s not acceptable to hit a hospital.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack on the Gaza hospital was “the latest example of Israel’s attacks devoid of the most basic human values.”
“I call on all humanity to take action to stop this unprecedented brutality in Gaza,” Erdogan wrote on social media platform X.
Qatar’s foreign ministry issued a statement strongly condemning the Israeli airstrike on the hospital in Gaza.
“The expansion of Israeli attacks over the Gaza Strip to include hospitals, schools, and other population centers is a dangerous escalation,” the statement said.
Iran’s foreign ministry strongly condemned the Israeli airstrike on the that it said killed and injured hundreds of “unarmed and defenseless people.”
Several hospitals in Gaza City have become refuges for hundreds of people, hoping they would be spared bombardment after Israel ordered all residents of the city and surrounding areas to evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said there were still no details on the hospital deaths: “We will get the details and update the public. I don’t know to say whether it was an Israeli air strike.”
Jordan’s foreign ministry also issued a statement on Tuesday strongly condemning Israel’s attack on the hospital.
The statement stressed the need to provide international protection for the Palestinian people and called on immediately joining efforts to stop the war from raging in Gaza.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared three days of mourning following the deadly airstrike on the hospital in Gaza.
