Israeli airstrike puts Gaza children’s hospital out of service

An Israeli airstrike has forced a children’s hospital out of service in the Gaza Strip as Tel Aviv continued its genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

A ministry statement said the Durra Children’s Hospital in Gaza City is now out of service after it sustained damage in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday.

The ministry said an Israeli missile hit the hospital’s upper building, damaging the intensive care unit and destroying the solar panel system that feeds the facility with power.

According to the ministry, some 37 hospitals have now been rendered inoperational since the start of the Israeli onslaught in October 2023.

Israel has systematically targeted civilian facilities, including schools, hospitals, and places of worship, amid its offensive on Gaza.

Under the rules of war, targeting civilian facilities can constitute a war crime.