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Bloomberg) -- Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Israel should cease attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip and called for steps toward a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, saying she was “deeply concerned” by the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

“International humanitarian law does require the protection of hospitals, of patients and of medical staff,” Wong said Sunday on ABC’s “Insiders” program. “We do call on Israel to cease the attacking of hospitals.”