Devastating Gaza Hospital Blast—What We Know

Hundreds of people have been reported killed in an explosion at a Christian hospital in the Gaza Strip with Hamas, NGOs and several Arab and Muslim nations blaming an Israeli airstrike and Israel saying it resulted from a Palestinian rocket blast.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health, led by the Hamas movement currently embroiled in its largest conflict with Israel, has estimated at least 500 people were killed in what it said was an airstrike on the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital on Tuesday.

In a statement, the group itself condemned a "horrific massacre carried out by the Zionist occupation" against the site. Hamas political leaders Khaled Meshal and Ismail Haniyeh called on Arabs and Muslims across the globe to rise up in protest.