<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 30 people have been killed in an </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/israel" rel="" target="" title="Israeli"><span>Israeli</span></a><span> airstrike that hit a cafe near the port in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/gaza" rel="" target="" title="Gaza"><span>Gaza</span></a><span> City, according to the head of the territory's largest hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dr Mohammad Abu Silmiya, the director of Al-Shifa hospital, said in an update on Monday afternoon (early Tuesday AEST) that at least 31 people had been killed and 70 injured in the strike.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Videos geolocated by CNN show thick smoke rising from the scene as well as widespread damage to the cafe and the surrounding area. They also showed bodies being removed on stretchers.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/east-coast-low-fears-of-bomb-cyclone-sydney-nsw-coast/058a06e0-ee22-472d-acd8-79afe1046280"><strong><span>Millions brace for day of massive storms</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Israel Defence Forces told CNN it was looking into the circumstances around the strike.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Al-Baqa cafe was a well-known spot for students, journalists and remote workers, as it offered internet and a place to work by the Mediterranean coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Silmiya told CNN that "most of the casualties are women and children", including many students who were at the cafe for internet access.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/israel-gaza-update-israeli-strike-on-al-baqa-cafe-near-gaza-city-port-kills-dozens-hospital-official-says/782d9c7c-4270-43f5-8b89-3009dad58f23" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also said the hospital was short of ICU beds and anaesthetics to treat the casualties.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are treating the injured on the hospital floor as no rooms and hospital beds are available", the hospital director added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/joshua-bishop-grieving-parents-remember-beautiful-boy-after-human-remains-found/4c81d016-dae1-4f2a-b290-2afc5eb4c313" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Parents' pain as search for son comes to tragic end</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Among those killed was a freelance journalist, Ismail Abu Hatab, according to other journalists at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Hamas-controlled Government Media Office said his death brought to 228 the number of journalists killed by Israeli military action in Gaza since October 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the </span></strong></em><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span> and </span></strong></em><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>