Meanwhile, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is planning to head to Israel, ITV News understands.
ITV News Reporter Chloe Keedy has the latest developments as the Israeli military says it has proof the hospital blast was caused by a misfired rocket from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a proscribed terrorist group
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is heading to Israel tonight, ITV News understands, following in the footsteps of Biden who arrived on Wednesday. But it will "not allow any humanitarian aid from its territory to the Gaza Strip as long as our hostages are not returned," the statement adds.to steal the aid would illustrate the group as having "no concern for the welfare of the Palestinian people."hospitals to fuel patient generators, including by doctors of the al-Ahli hospital which was struck by an unclaimed missile on Tuesday.
Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad has said in a statement that any accusations against them are "false and unfounded" and added it does not use "places of worship or public facilities, especially hospitals, as military centers or weapons stores.” "The efforts to collect more body parts continues. There might be some survivors, but the death toll will be much higher."
In Gaza, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday also declared that three days of mourning will be observed for the victims of the blast.What have Palestinian and US officials said about the hospital strike? A Palestinian official said Abbas was "very angry after the news of the Israeli massacre at the hospital in Gaza, and he decided to immediately return to Ramallah."
Speaking of the explosion, he added: "We mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world." More than 1,400 Israelis have been killed, and at least 199 others, including children, were captured by Hamas and taken into Gaza, according to Israel. The UN's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was “horrified” at the deaths and “hospitals and medical personnel are protected under international humanitarian law.”Countries such as Syria and Saudi Arabia blamed Israel for the blast, with Libya’s Foreign Ministry accusing Israel of “war crimes and genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a post on X that "nothing can justify striking a hospital".UK says it will work to 'find out what has happened'
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