Heavy fighting rages around Gaza’s biggest hospital
Explosions and shootings shook the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital and surrounding neighborhoods as Israeli forces stormed through the facility for a second day Tuesday. The military said it had killed 50 Hamas militants in the hospital, but it could not be independently confirmed that the dead were combatants.
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Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israeli soldiers on a tank on a position on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Destroyed buildings stand inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Destroyed buildings stand inside Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians inspect the damage to a house after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip at a hospital morgue in Rafah, Tuesday, March 19.