Palestinians mourn director of key Gaza hospital killed in Israeli strike

03/07/2025 12:48 France 24

Palestinian officials and witnesses said on Wednesday that an Israeli strike killed the director of the Indonesian Hospital, a key clinic in the north of war-ravaged Gaza. Doctor Marwan Al-Sultan was killed in his apartment in Gaza City along with his wife, daughters and son-in-law, witnesses said.

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