TEHRAN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday condemned a deadly Israeli bombing earlier in the day on tents inside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, which killed four Palestinians and wounded 17 others.
Kanaani said on social media platform X that Israel's aggression in the Gaza Strip is continuing before the world peoples' eyes, noting that the bombing was Israel's "newest crime that has derided all international laws and regulations."
Palestinian eyewitnesses and sources told Xinhua that a drone fired at least one missile at tents housing displaced persons and journalists in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah.
The Israel Defense Forces said on its official X account that an IAF (Israeli Air Force) aircraft struck an operational Islamic Jihad command center positioned in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Hospital, adding that the hospital building was not damaged, and its function was not affected.
A total of 32,782 Palestinians have been killed and over 75,298 others injured in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its offensive in the Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Gaza-based Health Ministry. ■
