Middle East crisis: Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza – live updates

Dariana Florescu

The strikes came a day after Pope Francis condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty’ The strikes came a day after Pope Francis condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as ‘cruelty’ They (Israeli forces) have been using heavy artillery and detonating explosive devices that had been planted in the areas surrounding the hospital, preventing and impeding the movement of ambulances, as well as that of people seeking to take the wounded from bomb sites to the medical facility. The most