The Palestinian Islamic Jihad says the Israeli military first caused panic among patients and civilians sheltering at al-Ahli Hospital by sending them a warning before bombing them in the dark of night, Al Jazeera reports.

“This heinous aggression is part of a systematic series of attacks targeting hospitals, schools, shelters and tents for the displaced in Gaza, within the context of a systematic war of extermination that violates all humanitarian and moral standards,” the group said.

Holding the US responsible for it, the PIJ said, “the international silence on Gaza is forcing it to become a graveyard for law and humanity”.