The hospital is one of the few still partially functioning in the once crowded northern edge of Gaza
CAIRO – Israel ordered the closure and evacuation on Sunday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in a besieged area on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, forcing medics to search for a way to bring hundreds of patients and staff to safety.
"We are sending this message under heavy bombardment and direct targeting of the fuel tanks, which if hit will cause a large explosion and mass casualties of the civilians inside," he said. Abu Safiya said the military had ordered patients and staff to be evacuated to another hospital where conditions are even worse. Photos from inside the hospital showed patients on beds crammed into corridors to keep them away from windows. Reuters could not immediately verify those images.
Separately, Israel allowed the Catholic bishop of Jerusalem, the Latin patriarch, into Gaza on Sunday, according to a statement on the Latin Patriarchate website and COGAT, the Israeli defence agency that coordinates with the Palestinians, after Pope Francis said on Saturday that the patriarch had not been allowed in.
In both those incidents, the Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants operating from within those areas and that it had taken precautions to reduce risk of harm to civilians. Hamas denies it operates among civilians.
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