OIC condemns 'war crime' attack on Gaza hospital


A Palestinian girl carrying a blanket as she walks past the site of a deadly explosion at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. – AP Photo

ANKARA: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned an attack by Israel on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in central Gaza, denouncing it as an act of "organised state terrorism" and a "war crime".

In a written statement late Tuesday (Oct 17), the OIC said it "strongly condemns the brutal Israeli massacre in the Baptist Hospital in the Gaza Strip and considers it organised state terrorism and a war crime," Anadolu Agency reported.

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