Israeli forces bombed the fourth floor of the facility at around 11am local time (09:00 BST), then moments later, according to videos seen by MEE, fired a second missile deliberately at reporters, bystanders and first responders who had gathered to help recover the dead and wounded.

At the time of the attack, videos showed smoke billowing from an upper level at the hospital as rescue workers, standing on what appeared to be a staircase, appealed to those at ground level for help. Then the second missile struck the exact area where they had amassed, with a correspondent for Jordan’s Al-Ghad TV channel crying out during a live broadcast that innocent people had been killed.