Gaza Hospital and Refugee camp attacked

[alsame]

Ayman Mohyeldin @AymanM · 19s

An @NBCNews crew has filmed the arrival of at least 21 bodies, including children arriving at #Shifa Hospital, some dead some injured #gaza


Ayman Mohyeldin @AymanM · 6m

TWO (2) STRIKES in #Gaza in last 45 minutes: 1) at the outpatient clinic at Shifa Hospital AND 2) at Al Shati Refugee camp


Ayman Mohyeldin @AymanM · 7m

CLARIFICATION reports of children killed are from a separate attack on al Shati refugee camp that were taken to Shifa Hospital


Ayman Mohyeldin @AymanM · 11m

**preliminary** local Hamas channel is reporting 10 children dead in Israeli airstrike on outpatient facility at #Gaza's Shifa Hospital


Ayman Mohyeldin @AymanM · 14m

Israeli airstrike has hit the outpatient clinic at Shifa Hospital. Local Palestinian media is reporting several children among dead #gaza

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UPDATE from NBC

Dozens Hurt by Strikes Near Gaza's Shifa Hospital, Refugee Camp

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli strike hit within yards of Gaza's main hospital on Monday. The attack near Shifa Hospital around 5 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET) caused some damage to the outpatient clinic, according to witnesses including an NBC News crew on the ground in the area. There was no immediate confirmation of deaths or injuries.

A second strike occurred at the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. At least 30 dead and wounded were brought to Shifa hospital in civilian cars, motorbikes and in ambulances.

Israel has been criticized for several strikes which hit hospitals in the Gaza Strip during its recent offensive. Last week, charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said health workers in Gaza were coming under fire and urged Israel to stop its strikes. The United Nations also Israel may have committed war crimes by shelling hospitals and civilian houses where it claims Hamas is hiding personnel and rockets.


http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/dozens-hurt-strikes-near-gazas-shifa-hospital-refugee-camp-n166571

[mylye2222]

1. And Tsahad keeps on its LIES

saying they take care on civilians as much as possible.......pffff!!

[hrmjustin]

2. Have they no mercy!

[L0oniX]

3. Are they targeting children yet? ...or is this the usual mistake?

[Marrah_G]

7. Oh just collateral damage........

Those people should not have been at the refugee compound or the hospital outpatient clinic....

[alsame]

8. I think it's

Bibi's FU to Kerry and Obama

[geek tragedy]

4. Sabra and Shatila redux. Except they

didn't outsource this one.

[alsame]

5. At least 30 casualties

Ayman Mohyeldin @AymanM · 11s

An @NBCnews crew at Shifa hospital filmed arrival of at least 30 casualties in dif conditions in last hour after 2 separate #Israeli strikes

[malaise]

6. When is the West going to stop this genocide?

Fugging when??

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. If by "the West" you mean the United States, the answer is... never.

Oh, our Ambassador might be dispatched to deliver a message of disapproval (which Bibi will laugh at), or we might send a strongly-worded letter (which Bibi will use for toilet paper), but past that -- nothing. The tail has been wagging the dog in our "special relationship" for some time now, and the dog seems to have decided it likes it that way.

[m-lekktor]

14. you must have missed Obama's "Israel has a right to defend itself" speech

or you would know the answer to that question already.

[bigtree]

9. not that I think it makes much difference, but for accuracy

. . . one shell landed in the compound (not the building itself) and Palestinian sources have reported varying accounts of casualties.

Hopefully we can get more corroborating sources.

[alsame]

11. NBC now has this up, with more

detail.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/dozens-hurt-strikes-near-gazas-shifa-hospital-refugee-camp-n166571

Dozens Hurt by Strikes Near Gaza's Shifa Hospital, Refugee Camp

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli strike hit within yards of Gaza's main hospital on Monday. The attack near Shifa Hospital around 5 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET) caused some damage to the outpatient clinic, according to witnesses including an NBC News crew on the ground in the area. There was no immediate confirmation of deaths or injuries.

A second strike occurred at the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. At least 30 dead and wounded were brought to Shifa hospital in civilian cars, motorbikes and in ambulances.

Israel has been criticized for several strikes which hit hospitals in the Gaza Strip during its recent offensive. Last week, charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said health workers in Gaza were coming under fire and urged Israel to stop its strikes. The United Nations also Israel may have committed war crimes by shelling hospitals and civilian houses where it claims Hamas is hiding personnel and rockets.

[bigtree]

12. it's insane the number of hospitals that have actually been confirmed hit

. . . just barbaric.

[clarice]

15. Have not read the details....did those hospitals contain hidden military weapons ? nt

[HooptieWagon]

16. Doubtful.

The hospitals are crammed full of wounded and dead bodies (since the morgues are also full). And the doctors and staff are living there round the clock. Its very doubtful they are making room for militia, even if they had room. This is another Israeli lie, intended to justify war crimes. Their goal, is simply to collectively punish the Gazan population.

[clarice]

17. With all respect.....there have actually been missiles hidden in schools/public places. Just sayin.

[HooptieWagon]

18. And the UN relief workers reported them....

... in those few instances and had them removed, to finish the part of the story you omitted. Why would they then allow them back? If Hamas militia is forcing their way, then are not the civilians hostages? Isn't the goal of a hostage situation to save the lives of hostages? Israel is not doing so, they're simply slaughtering everyone in the vicinity. They're even targeting ambulances taking injured children to hospitals. Its a war crime... indiscriminate killing.... no matter the lies and feeble excuses Israel (and their supporters) spew forth.

[clarice]

19. Sounds like you have already made up your mind. Peace. nt

[Marrah_G]

10. link to twitter feed

https://twitter.com/hashtag/gaza?src=hash

Reports are saying the hospital outpatient clinic and the park at the refugee camp were separate incidents around the same time. Twitter feeds are going fast and furious.

[Boom Sound 416]

20. Not that anyone cares, but Israel claims both explosions

Were caused by errant rockets fired by Hamas from Gaza.

CNN claims the strikes were carried about by Israeli drones. Their source is a 10 year old boy who said he heard the drone.

[alsame]

21. Some journalists on the ground also

claimed to see Israeli drones. The truth will come out soon, someone probably has video.

[Boom Sound 416]

22. I'm pretty sure you could stand just about anywhere

Near a journalist hotel right now and hear many types of aircraft, but deducing B from A is a little thin.

[JI7]

23. Israel is saying these came from Hamas

[Comrade Grumpy]

24. Is it claiming Hamas killed the other 900 or so civilians, too?

This is just like when it hit the hospital last week, tried to blame it on Hamas, then finally admitted it was one its mortar shells that hit the courtyard, but bizarrely claimed no one was there. I just watched CNN's Karl Penhaul (?) explain that there were indeed pools of blood all over the place and that the Israel video didn't show shaded areas of the courtyard (where presumably people trying to avoid the afternoon sun would be).

I'd say Israel's claim of precision strikes has some problems. Either they're not very precise, or they're deliberately targeting the civilian population.