The Israel Defense Forces said it was conducting an operation to recover the bodies of hostages, while the Gaza Health Ministry accused the IDF of storming the complex “after demolishing the southern wall,” and turning it into a military base.
One patient was killed and others were injured when Israeli forces targeted a building within the hospital, the Health Ministry said early Thursday.
“I hear the sound of gunfire, but I don’t know where,” Hazem Bahloul, a physician at Nasser Hospital, told The Post.
In a statement, U.N. Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani expressed concern over the raid, which she said came after a week-long siege that cut off medical, food and fuel supplies.
“The raid appears to be part of a pattern of attacks by Israeli forces striking essential life-saving civilian infrastructure in Gaza, especially hospitals,” she said, adding that the office has documented similar raids across the Strip that have “serious consequences for the safety” of patients, staff and civilians taking shelter.
A day earlier, the Israeli military, using loudspeakers, instructed displaced people sheltering in the hospital complex to evacuate the premises and relocate to a designated area within the city.
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