Israel strikes hospital, houses; Gaza death toll passes 570

Israel strikes hospital, houses; Gaza death toll passes 570

The Palestinian death toll in an Israeli offensive against Islamist militants in the Gaza Strip passed 570 on Monday as Israeli shells struck a hospital, residential homes were bombed, and the army said it had killed at least 10 gunmen who'd tunneled into Israel. More than 570 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health officials, and more than 3,000 have been injured. 

Tens of thousands of Gazans have fled the fighting Israeli shells hit the Shuada al-Aqsa hospital in the town of Deir al-Balah on Monday, killing four people and wounding 70, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Hospital staff said that shells hit the third floor, which houses operating rooms and an intensive care unit. 

Two patients were killed in their beds.

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