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The Israeli military surrounded one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza, ordering patients and staff to evacuate. Israeli forces “are besieging Kamal Adwan Hospital and issuing orders for its evacuation,” hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya said in a post on social media early Friday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised concern about the hospital on Friday, saying the raid has put the “last major health facility in north Gaza out of service.” It also warned that at least “60 health workers and 25 patients in critical condition, including those on ventilators, remain in the hospital.”
“there was a small fire in an empty building inside the hospital that is under control,”
The IDF said earlier that it had begun operations around the hospital based on intelligence “regarding the presence of terrorist infrastructure and operatives” there. “The Kamal Adwan Hospital serves as a Hamas terrorist stronghold in northern Gaza,” the IDF claimed, adding that its troops are conducting “targeted operations in the area.”
