Watch: Deadly Missile Strike on Al-Ahly Hospital in Gaza

The Al-Ahly hospital in Gaza was hit by a missile on October 17. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 471 people were killed, most of them were women and children, making the attack the deadliest one since the beginning of the latest escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. According to the Al-Arabiya media, the death toll from the strike exceeded 800.

The warring parties blamed each other: Hamas said the attack was carried out by Israeli planes, and the Israel Defense Forces said a rocket launched unsuccessfully by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group hit the hospital.

The attack on the hospital has been condemned by several countries and organizations around the world; manifestants have gathered in Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Turkey to protest the attack.

Sputnik Africa's gallery shows lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip disrupted due to the escalating conflict between Palestine and Israel.

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Wounded Palestinians sit in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, after arriving from al-Ahli hospital following an explosion there, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The Hamas-run Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike caused the explosion that killed hundreds at al-Ahli, but the Israeli military says it was a misfired Palestinian rocket.

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Bodies of Palestinians killed by an explosion at the Ahli Arab hospital are gathered in the front yard of the al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. The Hamas-run Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike caused an explosion that killed hundreds at the Ahli Arab hospital, but the Israeli military says it was a misfired Palestinian rocket.

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People burn a US flag during a protest in Libya's capital Tripoli late on October 17, 2023, in support of Palestinians following a strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza which killed hundreds. Israel and Palestinians traded blame for the incident, which an "outraged and deeply saddened" US President Joe Biden denounced while en route to the Middle East.

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Protesters clash with Lebanese security forces on October 18, 2023, outside the US Embassy during a demonstration in solidarity with the people of Gaza in Awkar, East of Beirut, after a strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip killed at least 200 people on October 17, 2023. The Israeli army said on October 17 a strike which hit a Gaza hospital, killing at least 200 people according to Hamas officials, was a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants. Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement called for a "day of rage" to condemn the strike as hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the French and US embassies in protest.

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People gather outside the Israeli consulate during a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military said the hospital was hit by a rocket misfired by Palestinian militants.

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Wounded Palestinians sit in al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, central Gaza Strip, after arriving from al-Ahli hospital following an explosion there, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

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Hundreds of Moroccans take part in a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, following the bombing of AlAhli hospital, in Rabat, Morocco, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

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[Graphic content] Relatives mourn over the bodies of Palestinians killed in a strike on the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Al-Shifa hospital, on October 17, 2023. Israel and Palestinians traded blame for the incident, which an "outraged and deeply saddened" US President Joe Biden denounced while en route to the Middle East.