Relatives of patients who died in Sunday night’s fire at a Jaipur hospital alleged that staff ignored repeated warnings about smoke in the ICU and fled as the blaze intensified.

US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Israel and Hamas to “move fast” on the Gaza peace plan, warning that failure to do so may lead to “massive bloodshed”.

Eight patients have died in a fire at Rajasthan’s biggest government hospital, Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur. A short circuit is said to be the cause of the fire, which engulfed the ICU where 11 patients were being treated.