No casualties were reported from the strike but the Anglican church in Jerusalem  which runs the Al-Ahli Baptist hospital  said a boy with a head injury died in the rushed evacuation of patients. It said that the hospital had received only 20 minutes warning ahead of the strike and were forced to take patients into the streets. Parts of the hospital  including the emergency room and reception area  were extensively damaged. There was also damage to the adjoining St Philip’s church, according to video received by CNN. The Israel Defense Forces IDF said that they had struck “a command-and-control center used by Hamas in attack, without offering proof. They said steps had been taken ahead of the strike to mitigate harm to civilians. Hamas denied the allegation the hospital was being used for military purposes. The Israeli military is extending its ground operations deep into Gaza, creating a large buffer zone between the Strip and Israeli territory and pushing hundreds of thousands of civilians into an ever-smaller area on the Mediterranean coast. (CNN)