The Palestinian Red Crescent said one of its ambulances was struck two metres from the gate of al Shifa hospital yesterday, reportedly killing 15 people and injuring dozens more.
He says the repercussions of Hamas’s massacres have been “felt every day since” by the people of Gaza and the region as a whole.
“The reality on the ground now for the people of Gaza as Israel retaliates, as it says it must, is hellish,” says Stone.
“Diplomatically politicians – Western politicians, Arab politicians – are struggling to contain it.”
On the diplomatic response, Antony Blinken’s visit to Amman in Jordan today is a result of fears that the conflict could spiral beyond Gaza, Stone adds.
“The Lebanese prime minister called for a ceasefire. I don’t think it will come, I think he’s going to hear from all the leaders of the Arab world that there must be a ceasefire now.
“But he will tell them that America does not think a ceasefire is the answer, because it would only allow Hamas to regroup, to rearm and to attack again.”
