Overnight bombing leaves dozens of children dead as bodies pile up at northern Gaza hospital

Airstrikes hit two hospitals in the south of the Palestinian territory on Tuesday while on Wednesday Israel struck homes in the northern Jabalia area, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

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<article data-history-node-id="420519" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-admits-it-opened-fire-gaza-ambulances" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-admits-it-opened-fire-gaza-ambulances" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army admits it opened fire on Gaza ambulances</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli army has acknowledged firing on ambulances and fire trucks in southern Gaza last Sunday, saying it interpreted them as "suspicious vehicles".</p> <p>The military said in a statement that its forces initially "opened fire toward Hamas vehicles and eliminated several Hamas terrorists".</p> <p>"A few minutes afterward, additional vehicles advanced suspiciously toward the troops … The troops responded by firing toward the suspicious vehicles, eliminating a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists."</p> <p>The army adds that after an initial&nbsp;inquiry, it concluded that "some of the suspicious vehicles … were ambulances and fire trucks".</p> <p>The statement adds the Israeli military's claim that armed groups in Gaza use ambulances for "terrorist purposes", without providing evidence.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="420537" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-killed-24-people-gaza-today-medical-sources-say" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-killed-24-people-gaza-today-medical-sources-say" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel killed 24 people in Gaza today, medical sources say</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli attacks have killed at least 24 people across Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera Arabic, citing medical sources, reported.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="People mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 29 March, 2025. (Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6db7cf87-d653-4a28-8fbf-d51788f3071b" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/2025-03-29T115338Z_1163111452_RC2WMDA0LICL_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA%20%281%29.jpg" width="3744" height="2496" alt="People mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 29 March, 2025. (Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>People mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip 29 March, 2025. (Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Israel may cut off electricity to try to secure more hostage releases, as both sides prepare for war to restart

So much of our intelligence and military systems are shared or reliant on the US – if it becomes the enemy, it is already inside the gates, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot