Welcome it is newsday. Hello and welcome to it is newsday. Hello and welcome to the it is newsday. Hello and welcome to the programme. Starting with the big developments out of a Hospital In Gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. An explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital, right in the heart of gaza city, is said to have killed hundreds, according to Health Officials there. People sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that israel was responsible and blamed what he called barbaric terrorist. Hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. Heres our International Editor jeremy bowen with the latest loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon, video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near t
In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
Responsibility. Lets get more on tuesdays hospital attack. Heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Shouting very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to Shifa Hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organisation. That statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these images. The wounded and the dying pou
Heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast. The missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts. You can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Shouting. Very soon, video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to Shifa Hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organisation. That statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these images. The wounded and the dying pouring into shifa from al ahli arrived at a hospital alre
Palestinian islamichhad. Both sides deny responsibility. Lets get more on tuesdays hospital attack. Heres our international editorjeremy bowen. Loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explosion destroyed Al Ahli Hospital. It was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. The building was flattened. Very soon, video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. So many dead and the size of the explosion, together looked to be having a profound impact on what was already the most dangerous crisis in the middle east in a generation. The wounded were taken across gaza city to shifa hospital. The israeli armys First Response said hospitals were highly sensitive and not targets of its military and urged caution about what it called the unverified claims of a terrorist organization. That statement will not be believed by palestinians and by millions of others in the middle east who see these imag