Jordan’s foreign minister has issued a statement condemning an Israeli bombing in the vicinity of the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza, describing it as a “war crime”, Anadolu Agency reports.

Speaking in an interview with the local Al-Mamlaka TV channel, Ayman Safadi said Jordan is awaiting the results of an investigation by its army into the bombing in order “to take necessary legal, diplomatic and political measures”.

He also affirmed that Israel as the occupying power under international humanitarian law is not only obliged to protect the hospital but to not obstruct its operations.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Jordanian army said in a statement that seven of the hospital staff were injured by an Israeli bombing when they were trying to help Palestinians hit by an Israeli airstrike.