A relatives bids farewell during the funeral of Palestine TV journalist Mohamed Abu Hatab and eleven family members the day after they were killed when their home was hit in the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. AFP The Hamas government in Gaza said Friday an Israeli strike hit a convoy of ambulances, which the health ministry said killed multiple people near the territory's largest hospital, report agencies
A government statement said Israeli forces targeted "a convoy of ambulances which was transporting the wounded" from Gaza City towards Rafah in the south.
The health ministry announced "several citizens were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike at the entrance to Al-Shifa hospital" in Gaza City.
An AFP journalist at the scene saw multiple bodies beside a damaged ambulance.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident when contacted by AFP.
Al-Shifa hospital is facing severe overcrowding, with a bed occupancy rate of 164 percent according to the World Health Organization.
Meanwhile, Israel's army said it was on "very, very high alert" at its border with Lebanon as the leader of Islamist group Hezbollah broke his silence on the war
In a speech from a secret location, watched by thousands at a rally in Lebanon's capital Beirut, Hassan Nasrallah praised the October 7 attacks in Israel that killed 1,400 people.
Meanwhile US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that Israel will only gain security through the creation of a Palestinian state.
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