Israel Army has denied attack on hospital in Gaza leaving more than 500 dead. In a Press Conference happening now (1015 EAT), Army spokesman says independent inquiry needs to be done.

• Jordan cancels summit with US President Joe Biden and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi after deadly Israeli strike at a Gaza hospital. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas earlier withdrew from the meeting.
• The Gaza health ministry says at least 500 killed in attack on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, many of them women and children. A UN-run school housing refugees was also struck.
• UN chief calls for “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” as world leaders condemn hospital attack and spontaneous protests erupt across the Middle East and elsewhere.
• More than 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attack inside Israel, which killed more than 1,400 people.

• ‘Fear and anxiety’ as Israeli air raids continue: Gaza residentIsraeli air raids continue to hit Gaza early on Wednesday, just hours after a deadly strike killed over 500 people at al-Ahli Hospital, according to a resident in the Palestinian territory.“The people are living in fear and anxiety. Bombings are everywhere,” Hamza Ibrahim said in an interview with Al Jazeera.“I could hear the bombing just outside my house,” he said, adding that the situation “is getting worse by the day”.“Even the safe places have been targeted.”Just in the last hour, the interior ministry in Gaza reported that Israeli strikes killed over 37 people in two areas of the northern Jabalia refugee camp.Click here to share on social media
• 7m ago (04:33 GMT)WATCH: Doctor tells world leaders to show some morals after hospital bombingsProminent Palestinian doctor Khamis Elessi spoke to Al Jazeera after the bombing of the hospital in Gaza.“We heard this huge explosion that rocked all of the Gaza Strip,” he said, before urging Arab and world leaders to stop the onslaught in Gaza.Watch his account below.Play VideoVideo Duration 01 minutes 43 seconds 01:43Gaza doctor tells world leaders to show some morals after hospital bombingsClick here to share on social media

• At least 304 Israeli soldiers killed since war startedThe Israeli army has identified two more soldiers who died since the war started on October 7.This brings the total number of military casualties in Israel to 304.Click here to share on social media
• 23m ago (04:18 GMT)Guterres says Hamas attacks do not justify ‘collective punishment’More from Guterres in Beijing.The UN boss said the October 7 attacks by Hamas “cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people”.Click here to share on social media