After a devastating blast at a hospital in Gaza, the prime minister has called for the protection of civilian life and said respect for international humanitarian law is 'paramount'.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for the protection of civilians in Gaza in the wake of a deadly hospital blast that killed roughly 500 people. "The scenes from the explosion at a Gaza City hospital are deeply distressing and it is clear that there has been a devastating loss of life," Albanese told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday. "Every innocent life matters, that's whether it is Israeli or Palestinian.
Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that controls Gaza after Hamas gunmen killed 1,300 people, mainly civilians, during a rampage through southern Israeli towns on 7 October - the deadliest single day in Israel's 75-year history. Health authorities in Gaza say at least 3,000 people have been killed in Israel's 11-day bombardment.
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