Seven staff members wounded in Israeli strike at Jordanian hospital in Gaza, 'tens' of Palestinians killed

Seven staff members of a Jordanian run hospital in the Gaza Strip were injured by an Israeli strike as they rushed to treat wounded Palestinians.

The strike came just as hospital workers were rushing to the emergency section as they saw Palestinians carrying wounded people, “as our staff got to the emergency room they got hit,” Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi told CNN.

“The attack happened as they were trying to provide help to wounded people,” Safadi added.

Safadi said it was “incomprehensible that people trying to offer the medical help to wounded people get hit as well.”

He estimated that “tens" of Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more wounded.

The Jordanian army manages the hospital in Gaza, which is one of the last functioning medical facilities in the enclave. Jordan has taken the rare step to airdrop supplies to the hospital.

Jordanian and Western officials previously told Middle East Eye that Israel had avoided strikes in the area of the hospital, pointing to it as a sign that communication and cooperation between Israel and Jordan was holding up despite the war.

The strike marks an escalation in tensions between the two. Jordan and Israel have a peace treaty, but Jordan has condemned Israel’s invasion of Gaza and recalled its ambassador from the country.