The UN human rights office has called for an independent international investigation into the explosion at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, earlier this week.
Staff are trying to gather evidence on the ground, but continued bombing and lack of fuel is making this more difficult, she added.Israel has blamed an errant rocket fired by the Islamist group, Islamic Jihad, for the blast, while Palestinians blamed the Israeli military.
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