Gaza war rages as Europe states move on Palestine recognition

Israel attacked hospitals in Gaza as three European countries announced on Wednesday that they will be recognising a Palestinian state.

North Gaza's last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, were barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

Hospital officials said Israeli forces had fired on the facilities and that snipers had been deployed near one of them.

"Today marks the third day of the siege on Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza," the hospital's acting director Dr Mohammad Saleh told AFP.

Norway, Ireland, and Spain announced on Wednesday that they will recognise a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to immediately recall its envoys.

Ireland's leader said his nation would recognise Palestine as a state but did not specify timing, while leaders of Norway and Spain said their nations would do so as of Tuesday next week.

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