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Israeli tanks took up positions on the gates of Al Shifa hospital, Gaza Metropolis’s predominant medical facility, the first goal in Israel’s battle to grab management of the northern half of the Gaza Strip.
Israel says the hospital sits atop tunnels housing a headquarters for Hamas fighters utilizing sufferers as shields, which Hamas denies.
Gaza well being ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qidra, who was inside Al Shifa hospital, stated 32 sufferers had died prior to now three days, together with three new child infants, on account of the siege of the hospital and lack of energy.
No less than 650 sufferers had been nonetheless inside, determined to be evacuated to a different medical facility by the Purple Cross or another impartial company.
Since Israeli floor forces entered Gaza in late October and shortly surrounded Gaza Metropolis, preventing has been concentrated in a tightening circle round Al Shifa.
Qidra stated Israeli snipers and drones had been firing into the hospital, making it unattainable for medics and sufferers to maneuver round.
Israel has advised civilians to depart and medics to ship sufferers elsewhere. It says it has tried to evacuate infants from the neo-natal ward and left 300 litres of gas to energy emergency turbines on the hospital entrance, however the gives had been blocked by Hamas.
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