The US diplomacy yesterday expressed its “deep concern” about the airstrike on a Jordanian military hospital in Gaza that injured seven people, stressing that they oppose “strikes against hospitals from the air”.

“We are deeply concerned that there have been injuries,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, praising the Jordanian government’s “incredible work” in providing aid to the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave under ongoing siege. shelling by the Israeli army after the Hamas attack on October 7.

A strike near the Jordanian military hospital in Gaza City injured seven medical staff on Wednesday, according to Jordan’s state-run PETRA news agency, prompting a strong reaction and condemnation from the Arab League.

“As we have already said, we do not want hospitals to be bombed from the air (…) and we reiterate to all parties that they must take the necessary precautions to reduce the risk to civilians,” he added, however carefully avoiding condemning the wound.

The Israeli army yesterday Thursday searched the Shifa hospital, the largest in the Gaza Strip, searching one by one the buildings of the health structure which according to it is a hideout of Hamas, despite the presence of sick, wounded, medical personnel and civilians displaced by the hostilities.

Washington, which provides major military aid to Israel, has strongly backed its ally after the Hamas attack, arguing it has an obligation and duty to defend itself, but has recently expressed concern over the way it conducts operations and the increasingly heavy toll of casualties among civilians.

The Israel/Hamas war was triggered by the Palestinian Islamist movement’s unprecedented attack on sectors of Israeli territory centered on the Gaza Strip, which it rules.

Some 1,200 people were killed in the attack, the majority of them civilians, according to the Israeli military.

In retaliation, Israel, whose political and military leadership vows to “annihilate” Hamas, is pounding the Palestinian enclave relentlessly. Israeli military shelling has killed more than 11,500 people, the vast majority of them civilians, including 4,710 children, according to Hamas’ health ministry.