An Israeli airstrike on a hospital compound in central Gaza early Monday sent flames ripping through tents housing displaced people, killing at least four and injuring dozens.
Videos from the scene appeared to show one man being burned alive as bystanders could do little but watch.
The Israeli military said the target of the strike was a Hamas command center on the premises of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in the Deir al-Balah area. The site was filled with tents erected by families who had fled fighting elsewhere in the enclave. The majority of those injured from the overnight strike and ensuing fire - some seriously — were women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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