Israeli strike hits tents for displaced Gazans sheltering in hospital

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Four people were killed and about 70 injured early Monday (Oct 14) after Israeli jets bombed tents housing displaced Palestinians in the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, where a million people were sheltering.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Four people were killed and about 70 injured early Monday after Israeli jets bombed tents

00:13housing displaced Palestinians in the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Bala,

00:19where a million people were sheltering.

00:23Footage showed several tents were set ablaze as some Palestinians tried helplessly to put

00:28out the fire.

00:29The death toll is expected to rise as rescue teams searched for survivors.

00:33Hamas's media office said Israeli strikes have killed around 300 Palestinians in northern

00:38Gaza over the past nine days.

00:41It also said Israel's bombardment of civilian houses and displacement shelters was intended

00:46to force residents to leave Gaza once and for all, which Israel denies.

00:53On Sunday, Israeli tank shelling killed at least 22 Palestinians at a school sheltering

00:59displaced families in Nusayrat Camp in the central Gaza Strip.

01:03The Israeli occupation forces also launched a drone strike on the al-Shadi refugee camp

01:08west of Gaza City, killing at least five Palestinian children.

01:13The children were playing near a cafe in the refugee camp when the attack occurred, and

01:17the airstrike also left many others injured.

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