The Palestinian Health Ministry has issued a statement saying it “condemns the repeated attack” on al-Ahli Arab Hospital (Baptist Hospital) in Gaza City by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera reports.

It said Israeli forces targeted “the hospital grounds this evening, which resulted in many martyrs and injuries among patients’ relatives and visitors to the hospital”.

“The ministry also appeals to all international and UN bodies and organisations to protect hospitals and medical staff from the brutality of the occupation and its crimes against health institutions and staff in the Gaza Strip,” the statement read.