Israeli attack near a southern Gaza hospital has killed 41 people in the last two days, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
According to the UN humanitarian agency, an estimated 100,000 more displaced individuals have arrived in the already congested southern border city of Rafah in recent days as violence surrounding Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis has intensified.
The additional displacements occurred as Egyptian authorities prepared to host a high-level Hamas team in Cairo on Friday for discussions on a new proposal aimed at ending the nearly three-month-long war that has ravaged Gaza.
The Palestinian Red Crescent slammed an Israeli bombardment near the Al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis on Thursday, saying it "led to the martyrdom of ten people and the injury of at least 21 others," adding that the strike followed one in front of the hospital the day before, which killed 31 people.
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"Among the casualties are individuals present in front of the hospital and displaced persons seeking shelter at the PRCS (Red Crescent) premises," according to a statement issued by the organization.
Later that day, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said that Israeli bombardment had killed 20 people, the majority of whom were women and children, at the Shaboura camp in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.
Bloodied persons were taken through the streets of the city to a neighboring Kuwaiti hospital, where medical professionals scrambled to treat a flow of injured patients, including children, according to an AFP film. AFP could not confirm whether they were both victims of the same strike.
The Gaza conflict, which began with Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, has left most of the territory's north in ruins while the battlefront has advanced even further south.
In reprisal for the attack, which killed roughly 1,140 people, largely civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli numbers, Israel has pledged to destroy Hamas.
Around 250 hostages were also taken during the attack, more than half of whom are still held captive, causing great concern among their families, who protested in Jerusalem on Thursday, demanding that they be "brought home."
According to the Hamas-run health ministry, Israel's continuous aerial bombing and military assault in Gaza have killed at least 21,320 individuals, the majority of whom are women and children.
The Israeli army says 167 of its soldiers have been killed inside Gaza in the struggle against Hamas, which Israel, the US, and the EU consider a "terrorist" organization.
