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The Latin American country joins a growing list of states delivering diplomatic rebukes to Israel over its onslaught.

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Raid follows siege and multiple attacks around the complex, where thousands of people are sheltering.

GAZA: Gaza’s health ministry spokesperson warned on Wednesday of a potential Israeli raid on the enclave’s Al Shifa hospital complex, saying Israel informed Gaza health officials that its forces would raid the facility. The Israeli military, asked for comment, said it was looking into the matter. The Gaza health ministry spokesperson, Ashraf Al-Qidra, told Al Jazeera that Israel “informed us that it will raid Al Shifa hospital complex in the coming minutes.”

Xi is on his first visit to the US in six years as Washington looks to cool tensions with Beijing.

The Israeli military said it was carrying out a raid on Wednesday against Palestinian Hamas militants in Al-Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital, and urged them all to surrender. Less than an hour earlier, around 1 a.m. local time (2300 GMT), a Gaza health ministry spokesman said Israel had told officials in the enclave that it would raid the Shifa hospital complex “in the coming minutes.”

Bill extending funding into early 2024 was passed with Democrat support and needs to be signed off by midnight on Friday