Israeli airstrike on Gaza City's Wafa hospital kills seven people

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The strike hit the upper floor of the hospital on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding several others, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence.

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00:00An Israeli strike which hit the upper floor of a hospital in Gaza City killed at least

00:07seven people and wounded several others, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense.

00:12The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas-controlled center inside the building, which it claimed

00:17was no longer serving as a hospital.

00:23In Gaza City, a 20-day-old child died from hypothermia, and his twin brother was put

00:28in the intensive care unit of a local hospital.

00:32Their father said the twins were born a month premature and were only able to spend a day

00:36in the nursery at the hospital, which like other health centers in Gaza, has been overwhelmed

00:41by the war.

00:44Medics told their mother to keep the babies warm, but it was impossible because they live

00:48in a tent and temperatures drop below 10 degrees at night.

00:52At least three other babies have died from the cold in recent weeks, according to local

00:56health officials.

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