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3 Doctors were killed in Israeli strike on Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee hospital

Four people, including three doctors, were killed when a hospital was struck amid intense fighting Tuesday in the Jabaliya refugee camp, the hospital director told Al-Jazeera TV.

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  • Four people, including three doctors, were killed when a hospital was struck amid intense fighting Tuesday in the Jabaliya refugee camp, the hospital director told Al-Jazeera TV.
  • The director of al-Awda hospital, Ahmed Mahna, blamed the strike on Israel, a claim that The Associated Press could not independently confirm. The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders confirmed that two of the doctors killed worked for it.
  • The group called for better protection of medical facilities, staff and patients in the besieged enclave.
  • “Seeing doctors killed next to hospital beds is beyond tragic, and this must stop now,” The aid group said in a post on X.
  • The Israeli military said Hamas fighters had retrenched in Jabaliya, a densely built district of concrete buildings near Gaza City that houses families displaced in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation. Israel has bombarded the area for weeks.

The Associated Press has the story:

3 Doctors were killed in Israeli strike on Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee hospital

Newslooks- GAZA CITY

Four people, including three doctors, were killed when a hospital was struck amid intense fighting Tuesday in the Jabaliya refugee camp, the hospital director told Al-Jazeera TV.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The director of al-Awda hospital, Ahmed Mahna, blamed the strike on Israel, a claim that The Associated Press could not independently confirm. The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders confirmed that two of the doctors killed worked for it.

Colleagues of the two slain journalists of pan-Arab TV network Al-Mayadeen, who were killed by an Israeli strike, mourn outside the station’s headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed Tuesday two journalists reporting for the Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen TV on the violence along the border with Israel, according to the Lebanese information minister and their TV station. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The group called for better protection of medical facilities, staff and patients in the besieged enclave.

“Seeing doctors killed next to hospital beds is beyond tragic, and this must stop now,” The aid group said in a post on X.

A woman takes a photo of a poster showing Israelis held captive in Gaza plastered underneath a picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with calls for the Israeli leader to reach a deal to bring them home, in Tel Aviv, Israel Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. The Hebrew reads, “Bibi, it’s in your hands. deal now.” The hostages, mostly Israeli citizens, were kidnapped during an Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel and have been held in Gaza since then. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Israeli military said Hamas fighters had retrenched in Jabaliya, a densely built district of concrete buildings near Gaza City that houses families displaced in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation. Israel has bombarded the area for weeks.

Palestinian fans wave Palestine national flags and hold pro Palestinian banners during a qualifying soccer match against Australia of the FIFA World Cup 2026 at Jaber Al -Ahmad stadium in Kuwait, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)

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