Indonesia condemns hospital attack that killed at least 12

"Another Day Goes By... and still the children die. Put a little LOVE in your heart?"Indonesia’s foreign minister condemned on Tuesday an attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip as a “violation of international humanitarian law” and called on other nations to step up pressure on Israel.

The attack on the Indonesian Hospital killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens, according to two members of the hospital staff and the Gaza health ministry, which blamed Israel. The hospital, which was built with Indonesia’s funds and advocacy, was hit around 2:30 a.m. on Monday after Israeli tanks had drawn closer to the compound, a nurse and a hospital administrator said. The source of the strike could not be independently verified.

“We urge all countries, especially those that have close relations with Israel, to use their influence and power to urge it to stop its atrocities,” Retno Marsudi, the Indonesian foreign minister, said in a statement. She added that her government was struggling to get information about three Indonesians who had been volunteering at the hospital when it was attacked.

Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, and the public has put increasing pressure on the government to do more to stop the war. Thousands of Indonesians have taken to the streets of Jakarta, the capital, in support of Palestinian civilians in recent weeks. The strike on the Indonesian Hospital dominated the front pages of the country’s newspapers and news sites on Tuesday.

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