Gaza government: Israeli shelling injures Palestinians and threatens the lives of 70 journalists in a hospital.

The government media office in Gaza announced on Wednesday that several Palestinians were injured due to the Israeli army's bombing of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the center of the Gaza Strip, endangering the lives of more than 70 journalists and media personnel.

The office clarified in a statement that "the occupation has bombed inside the walls of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital 15 times since the start of the war, in a systematic crime against the health system in Gaza."

It added that "the bombing targeted displaced persons who came to receive treatment near the internal medicine department, resulting in serious injuries (the number of which was not specified) and significant material damage, along with a direct threat to the lives of dozens of patients."

It pointed out that the attack "put the lives of more than 70 journalists and media personnel at risk, as it occurred just a few meters away from their coverage sites of the events and developments of the genocide."

According to the statement, this bombing represents "a systematic assault that reflects the occupation's insistence on targeting the health system in the Gaza Strip, in a blatant violation of international laws that prohibit harming medical facilities and protecting civilians."

The office held Israel, the U.S. administration, and countries it described as complicit fully responsible for these "crimes," calling on the international community, the United Nations, and humanitarian organizations to take immediate action to stop them and provide urgent international protection for hospitals and their workers in Gaza.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with U.S. support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, resulting in 66,148 deaths and 168,716 injuries, most of whom are children and women, along with a famine that claimed the lives of 455 Palestinians, including 151 children.