Palestinians pull an ambulance after a convoy of ambulances was hit by an airstrike at the entrance of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 3, 2023. (Credit: Anas al-Shareef/Reuters)
An ambulance convoy transporting critically wounded patients from al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has been targeted by Israeli airstrikes, according to the Gaza health ministry, the Hamas-affiliated al-Aqsa TV reported.
"We have informed the Red Cross in accordance with the international law about moving a convoy carrying injured people in ambulance vehicles from Al-Shifa hospital," Ashraf al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman, said in a statement. He went on to say that the injured Palestinians needed to be urgently transferred for treatment in Egypt from Gaza city.
"At the gate of the hospital and then at the Ansar square, the occupation targeted the convoy in more than one location outside Al-Shifa hospital."
The statement made no mention of any casualties.
Update: The Guardian has reported that an AFP journalist at the scene saw multiple bodies beside one of the damaged ambulances, and that a doctor at the hospital told Sky News that up to 50 casualties had been brought in.
