In pictures: Strike hits Palestinian hospital in Gaza

An injured person, caught in the strike at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on 17 October 2023, is rushed to Shifa Hospital (Reuters)

Facilities at al-Ahli Arab Hospital were limited even before the blast: now they are non-existent. Here a patient, who relies on oxygen, lies on the floor of a corridor on 17 October 2023 (Muhammad Zanon/MEE)

The al-Ahli Arab Hospital complex includes a church, where Palestinians were seeking refuge amid Israeli air strikes. The hospital was founded in 1882 by the Church Mission Society of the Church of England and is currently run by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem (AP)

Women and a child, caught in the strike at al-Ahli Arab Hospital, recover at Shifa Hospital. So far more than 1,000 children and more than 1,000 women have been killed since the start of the conflict on 7 October (Reuters)

Hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the blast at Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. More than 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past 11 days (Reuters)

A woman, clutching a pillow, stands in the grounds of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on 18 October 2023, surrounded by debris and personal effects from the previous night's massacre (Reuters)

A young boy caught in the strike at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on 17 October 2023 (Muhammad Zanon/MEE)

The bodies of victims are laid outside the hospital following the strike on 17 October 2023. There are reports that there is now a shortage of body bags in the besieged Palestinian enclave (AFP)

Many of those killed at the hospital were already homeless and were seeking refuge on the small green spaces at the top of this photo (Muhammad Zanon/MEE)

Cars caught fire and were overturned by the attack on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City on 17 October 2023 (AFP)

The hospital's car park is covered with the personal effects of those seeking shelter before the attack, including cuddly toys, a child's rucksack and a sandal (Muhammad Zanon/MEE)

In a temporary morgue, a medical professional examines the bodies of those killed in the strike at the hospital (Muhammad Zanon/MEE)

A Palestinian man leaves the grounds of the hospital on 18 October, the morning after the strike. Many of those killed the previous day were sheltering in the grounds of the site in the belief they would be spared the bombing elsewhere (AFP)