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Israel intensifies deadly strikes across Gaza and hits a major hospital in the north

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NEW: Hospital director says emergency room, pharmacy and surrounding buildings severely damaged.

Israel says it struck a Hamas command and control center at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City .

Hospital director Dr. Fadel Naim says over 100 patients and dozens of staff are affected.

Hospital is run by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem , which condemns the attack.

Sirens sounded in several parts of Israel and the occupied West Bank .

More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel ’s retaliatory offensive.

Hamas -led militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, during an Oct. 7, 2023 , attack on southern Israel .

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