19 Oct 2023

Tensions rise as hospital blast kills up to 500 in Gaza

From Morning Report, 6:12 am on 19 October 2023

The tension in the Middle East has risen since an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City yesterday killed up to 500 people.

The Israeli and Palestinian sides have blamed each other for the blast, which triggered mass protests across the Arab world.

US President Joe Biden says the strike on the hospital in Gaza seems to have come from what he calls ''the other team", after flying to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

UNICEF's Middle East and North African spokesperson Saleem Oweis spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.