The bombing of a hospital in Gaza and opening statements in the trial over the death of Ashling Murphy dominate Wednesday's front pages.
The Irish Times leads with: 'Hundreds killed after strike on hospital in Gaza City'.
The Irish Examiner follows suit, adding that the strike was the 'bloodiest single incident' since recent air strikes began.
The Echo reports on findings from the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) that a patient waited almost 70 hours for a bed at Mercy University Hospital in Cork.
Meanwhile, the Irish Daily Mail, Irish Sun and Irish Daily Mirror all give their lead to the trial of Jozef Puska, who is accused of the murder of Ashling Murphy.
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— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) October 17, 2023
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In the UK, the nation’s papers are led by the destruction of the hospital in Gaza City.
The story features on the front of The Guardian, The Independent, the Daily Express and the i, while the Financial Times says Gaza’s health ministry claimed it was the result of an Israeli air strike.
GUARDIAN: Hundreds feared dead in Gaza hospital strike #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QZVRsevrzQ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 17, 2023
INDEPENDENT: Hundreds killed in missile attack on Gaza hospital #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lEtxtyslpM
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 17, 2023
Front page: Hundreds die in huge blast at Gaza hospital #tomorrowspapertodayhttps://t.co/PF12l0XXdP pic.twitter.com/vEPHwxY4tD
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) October 17, 2023
Wednesday's front page: Hundreds killed sheltering at hospital - as Israel denies air strike#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/YL2LS4kG8m
— i newspaper (@theipaper) October 17, 2023
FT: Gaza health ministry says hundreds killed in Israeli air strike on hospital #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ndqx5fm8Uh
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 17, 2023
However, Israel has insisted the blast was caused by a misfired rocket from jihadi militants, according to the Daily Mail.
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/rr1wrdn4Wu
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 17, 2023
The Times reports the incident has sparked “outrage”, while the Daily Mirror says “This must end”.
TIMES: Outrage at hospital attack #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aO3lssIArK
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 17, 2023
Wednesday's front page: This must end#tomorrowpaperstoday pic.twitter.com/U6vPsWwzuE
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 17, 2023
The Telegraph leads with the blast coinciding with US president Joe Biden’s arrival in Israel.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Biden visits Israel as hundreds die in Gaza hospital'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/teX7jWiJEF— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 17, 2023
Elsewhere, The Sun carries images of the inside of a house where a British mother and daughter were killed by Hamas.
On tomorrow's front page: Inside horror house where Brit girl, 13, was murdered by Hamas butchershttps://t.co/wAyG1o5JGy pic.twitter.com/GE13G6ZRqe
— The Sun (@TheSun) October 17, 2023
Metro leads with a plea from the mother of a hostage captured by Hamas for help in bringing her daughter home.
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
BRING MY BABY HOME
🔴 Plea as Hamas release kidnap video pic.twitter.com/JOPjKl0N2v— Metro (@MetroUK) October 17, 2023
And the Daily Star says Britain is on alert over large numbers of Chinese crabs.
RED ALERT ⚠️ #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/Itvd4oW1GU pic.twitter.com/pONGb9HmzF
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 17, 2023
