Israeli forces are advancing toward the largest hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, taking patients and forcing residents to flee, according to international doctors working there and local journalists.
Several videos show dozens of people carrying blankets, mattresses and other personal belongings leaving the Al Nasser hospital complex.
Women can be seen carrying children in their arms, while a man carries a boy on his shoulders. The sounds of shelling and small arms fire can be heard in the background.
Several videos show nearby explosions, likely from airstrikes.
An American doctor, Thaer Ahmad, from a team of American and British doctors from the NGO Med Global who works at the hospital, told CNN that the Israeli military is approaching.
“The hospital is shaking and there is panic,” Ahmad said in a voice note sent to CNN, in which the sound of gunshots can be heard in the background. “Many of the (internally displaced people) around the hospital started walking away from the hospital.”
On Tuesday (16), the Israeli military said that Hamas recently carried out a launch towards Israel inside the Al Nasser Hospital complex. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of exploiting civilians as human shields by using hospitals and nearby areas as military sites.
Source: CNN Brasil
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