News Wrap: 2 Palestinians killed, journalists injured in Israeli strike at Gaza hospital

John Yang:

Good evening, I'm John Yang. Chaos in Central Gaza today after an Israeli airstrike hit a tent encampment in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. Two Palestinians were reported killed and 15 others wounded.

The Israeli military said it was targeting an Islamic Jihad command center and that the hospital was not affected. Among the injured were journalists who had been working nearby.

Ali Hamad, APA Photographer (through translator):

They hit the tent without any warning. We were staying in the tent as a group of journalists, peacefully, with no terrorists among us. We were preparing our cameras and all of a sudden the tent was hit. Everything went dark with debris and rocks flying above our heads and there were flames.

John Yang:

In Jerusalem, the biggest anti-government demonstration since the war began. Tens of thousands of people rallied outside the Parliament Building, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu get a deal to free the hostages held in Gaza and hold early elections.

In Ukraine, today marked the second anniversary of Russian forces leaving the Kyiv region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a memorial site in Bucha, where Ukrainian officials say, two years ago, troops found mass graves and the bodies of men, women and children littering the streets. The civilian death toll there passed 1,000.

Appeals for peace in both the Middle East and Ukraine were part of Pope Francis' Easter message today. In St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, the pope renewed calls for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages and a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.

He told worshipers, peace is never made with weapons. The pope made several loops of the square in his pope-mobile to greet the tens of thousands who had gathered for the culmination of Christians' Holy Week.

King Charles attended an Easter service at Windsor Castle today, his most significant public appearance since his cancer diagnosis in February. Outside St. George's Chapel, the king shook hands and chatted with well-wishers. The 75-year-old monarch is being treated for an unspecified type of cancer.

And former seven-term Democratic Congressman William Delahunt of Massachusetts has died after a long illness. As a Boston-area prosecutor in the late 1970s, he created what's considered to be the first domestic violence unit. Delahunt postponed his retirement from the House until 2011 to help pass former President Obama's legislative agenda. Delahunt was 82 years old.