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The Al-Shifa ambulance convoy airstrike occurred on 3 November 2023 when Israel bombed an ambulance convoy departing from Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital while carrying critically injured patients to the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance convoy departed from al-Shifa Hospital with between 15 and 20 critically injured patients, who were to be transported across the recently reopened Rafah crossing to be treated in Egyptian hospitals. However, the convoy was attacked by Israel at multiple locations, including outside of the hospital gate and at Ansar Square. Dozens were killed and wounded, even though Palestinian health authorities had announced the departure of the convoy in advance. The Israeli military claimed that one of the ambulances was being used by a Hamas unit and was close to their position, and later claimed that Hamas fighters were killed in the strike.

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