An airstrike hit a building near Gaza’s Al-Quds hospital on 18 October, a day after an explosion at another hospital in the Strip killed an estimated 500 people
Rishi Sunak promised Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu that Britain would stand by Israel in “its darkest hour” as he welcomed the decision to allow aid into Gaza and said Israel was doing all it could to limit civilian deaths.
“I know that you are taking every precaution to avoid harming civilians in direct contrast to the terrorists of Hamas which seeks to put civilians in harm’s way,” Sunak said alongside Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
He added: “I’m proud to stand here with you. In Israel‘s darkest hour as your friend. We will stand with you in solidarity. We will stand with your people and we also want you to win.”
Meanwhile, The Israel Defence Forces said they have continued to strike the Gaza Strip. They claim to have killed the head of the military branch of the ‘Popular Resistance Committees’ in Rafah, Rafat Harb Hussein Abu Hilal.
A Hamas-aligned news agency also said an Israeli strike killed the head of the Hamas-led national security forces, Jehad Mheisen, and his family at their home.
Local media reported that Israel intensified bombing over different parts of Gaza overnight, killing “dozens” of Palestinians.
