Injuries mount as Israel continues Gaza bombardment

(22 Nov 2023) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4465036 ASSOCIATED PRESS Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 22 November 2023 1. Various of crowd outside Nasser Hospital with plumes of smoke visible in distance HEADLINE: Injuries mount as Israel continues Gaza bombardment ANNOTATION: Children were among the injured brought to hospital in Khan Younis as Israel kept up airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. 2. Plumes of smoke over skyline 3. Ambulance arriving outside hospital ANNOTATION: Some arrived shaken and covered in dust, while others were more seriously hurt. 4. Various of injured people, including children, being lifted from ambulances and rushed into hospital ANNOTATION: The bombardment of Gaza continued ahead of an upcoming temporary ceasefire. ANNOTATION: A new Israel-Hamas agreement will see 50 hostages freed and pause the fighting for four days. 5. Man carrying girl STORYLINE: Israel continued its aerial bombardment in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, ahead of an agreed truce with Hamas that would see hostages released in return for a ceasefire and release of Palestinian prisoners. Plumes of smoke could be seen in east Khan Younis billowing over residential areas. It was not clear what was targeted in the strikes. Minutes later injured people were rushed to the main hospital in Khan Younis, including children. Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day ceasefire in the war in Gaza — a breakthrough that will facilitate the release of dozens of hostages held by militants as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and bring a large influx of aid to the besieged territory, officials said Wednesday. The truce raised hopes of eventually winding down the war. Now in its seventh week, the conflict has leveled vast swaths of Gaza, fueled a surge of violence in the occupied West Bank, and stirred fears of a wider conflagration across the Middle East. More than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed, two-thirds of them women and minors, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry in Hamas-led Gaza says it has been unable to update its count since November 11 because of the health sector’s collapse, but that the toll has risen sharply since. Hospitals continue to report deaths from daily strikes, often dozens at a time. Those numbers do not include the 2,700 people that the U.N. estimates to be buried in the rubble. The war erupted on October 7 when several thousand Hamas militants burst across the border into Israel, killing at least 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage. In the wake of the assault, Israeli leaders vowed to eradicate Hamas, destroy its ability to rule Gaza and uproot its militant infrastructure. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: info@aparchive.com. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1f93c32b890c419d90e7d570e5f8a34c