Several people, including women and children, were killed in a strike on tents outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, in the early hours of Thursday, September 5, Palestinian reports
said.Footage by Palestinian photographer Ibrahim Nofal shows smoke rising from the camp outside the hospital, and the damage to tents. It also shows what Nofal described as “the remains of a missile” used in the strike, according to machine translation.The
IDF said that “combat helicopters of the Air Force attacked during the night […] terrorists who were operating in the command and control complex of the terrorist organizations Hamas and
GAP disguised in the humanitarian area in Deir al-Balah.”It
added that “the attack was carried out to remove an immediate threat.”
WAFA said that four people were killed. Reuters
quoted Palestinian health officials saying that five people died. Credit: Ibrahim Nofal via Storyful