Fighting rages near Gaza hospital amid US-Israel tensions

Street battles raged Thursday near a hospital in besieged Gaza, where the dire humanitarian crisis and surging death count have caused tensions between Israel and top ally the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be trying to soothe a rift with US President Joe Biden with plans to send a government delegation to Washington after earlier cancelling the trip.

In besieged Gaza, where tensions between Israel and its main supporter, the United States, have been stoked by the catastrophic humanitarian situation and rising death toll, street fights erupted on Thursday near a hospital.

With the decision to send a government delegation to Washington after originally postponing the trip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to be attempting to mend fences with US President Joe Biden.

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In besieged Gaza, where tensions between Israel and its main supporter, the United States, have been stoked by the catastrophic humanitarian situation and rising death toll, street fights erupted on Thursday near a hospital.

With the decision to send a government delegation to Washington after originally postponing the trip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to be attempting to mend fences with US President Joe Biden.

Israel’s military claimed to have hit numerous targets in Gaza on the preceding day, while the health ministry in the territory controlled by Hamas announced the deaths of sixty-two more people.

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Israel claims that Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters have operated out of Gaza hospitals, utilizing medical personnel, patients, and internally displaced individuals as cover. The Palestinian organizations have refuted these accusations.

Israel reported that its forces were conducting “targeted raids on terrorist infrastructure… and are eliminating dozens of terrorists using precise fire in close-quarters combat and with air support” in the vicinity of Al-Amal.

The army said that they had also “apprehended dozens of terrorists in the area who were transferred for interrogations”.

The Gaza health ministry claimed that although Israeli tanks and armored vehicles had gathered around the Nasser Hospital, another medical facility in Khan Yunis, they had not yet carried out a full-scale raid.

The largest hospital in the area, Al-Shifa Hospital, is located in a neighborhood of Gaza City that has seen fighting as well. Since early last week, the army claims to have killed some 200 militants there.

(With agency inputs)