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Israel's air strikes 'target roads leading to hospitals' in Gaza
16 May 2021 12:31 BST
Yousef Abu Al-Rish, the deputy minister of health in Gaza said Sunday that Israeli air strikes, ongoing since last week, have targeted and blocked the roads leading to hospitals in Gaza, including al-Shifa Hospital.
"These attacks impede regular patient movements, and prevent the wounded from obtaining health services," he said in a statement.
The health ministry said earlier on Sunday that the death toll from Israeli raids have reached 181 Palestinian civilians, including 52 children and 31 women. The number is expected to rise as rescue teams continue to look for survivors under the rubble of bombed homes, the ministry added.