"Over 500 victims of the strike on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital," the ministry representative was quoted as saying by the media.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is carrying out investigations, following the reports of a missile hitting a hospital in the Gaza Strip, linking the incident to an unsuccessful launch of a Hamas rocket, an Israeli broadcaster reported on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, a Qatari news agency reported, citing a representative of the Health Ministry of Gaza, that over 500 people have been killed as a result of an Israeli strike on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital.