Many feared trapped under rubble following strike on Al-Ahli Baptist hospital that Israel claims was caused by Islamic Jihad projectile
Health authorities in Gaza say that prior to the hospital strike at least 3,000 people in the strip had been killed in the Israeli bombardment, while some 600,000 people have fled to the south of the coastal enclave after Israeli military warnings.
Earlier, the United Nations said a school in central Gaza where 4,000 people were sheltering was also hit, killing at least six people. Palestinian security forces in Ramallah fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters throwing rocks and chanting against Mr Abbas on Tuesday, as popular anger boiled over after the hospital strike.
Hamas demands the release of 6,000 security prisoners held in Israel in return for the hostages and NBC quoted a Hamas spokesman as saying all civilian hostages would be freed immediately if Israel stopped its bombing campaign.
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