OTTAWA, Ill. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the bombing of a hospital in Gaza is not legal and is calling the situation “absolutely unacceptable.”
Trudeau was responding to unfolding reports by the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry that an Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in Gaza City, killing hundreds of Palestinians, including people using the hospital as shelter.
A spokesman for the Israeli military said it was still collecting details on the incident, saying he did not know whether the air strike came from Israel.
Trudeau said in French, speaking to reporters on his way into the House of Commons, that “it’s not legal” to bomb a hospital.
Trudeau has repeatedly said that wars have international rules that must be followed, and says Canada is working with allies to get a humanitarian corridor established so supplies can be brought into Gaza.
Aid organizations are warning that the territory is near collapse, and Trudeau told reporters today that hitting a hospital is “not acceptable.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2023.
– With files from The Associated Press.
