Jerusalem:
The Israeli navy denied on Monday that it had hit a clinic within the northern Gaza Strip the place well being staff had been finishing up polio vaccinations.
On Saturday, the Gaza well being ministry stated Israeli fireplace had hit the Sheikh Radwan clinic as dad and mom introduced their youngsters in to be vaccinated. It stated 4 youngsters had been wounded within the explosion, which came about throughout an agreed humanitarian pause to permit the marketing campaign to go forward.
The navy stated it was conscious of the reviews however stated an preliminary evaluate confirmed its forces had not carried out any strikes when the incident came about.
“Opposite to the claims, an preliminary evaluate decided that the IDF didn’t strike within the space on the specified time,” it stated in an announcement.
The top of the World Well being Group, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated the incident had taken place simply after a WHO crew was on the clinic and that it had endangered a significant well being safety marketing campaign.
“These very important humanitarian-area-specific pauses have to be completely revered. Ceasefire!” he stated in an announcement on the social media platform X on Saturday.
The Israeli navy accused the Palestinian operator group Hamas of intentionally working out of civilian areas to make use of folks as human shields, a cost that Hamas denies.
With entry to the realm minimize off and communications patchy, exterior verification of the assertions of both facet has develop into more and more troublesome.
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