Four doctors were killed at Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged northern Gaza on Friday, after Israeli forces stormed the compound, killing and injuring dozens of people in surrounding areas, eyewitnesses told CNN.
Israeli troops also forced health care workers and patients to leave the facility, and destroyed critical medical supplies, according to a statement by Dr Hussam Abu Saifya, the hospital director.
In the early hours of Friday, the Israeli military sent two plain clothed messengers into the hospital, who told people over a megaphone to evacuate, Abu Saifya added. The military detained a “large number” of young men in the two-hour raid, including health workers and Palestinians who had sought refuge, added Abu Saifya.
Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, located in the northern Gaza Strip, forced the medical staff and patients to leave, and detained many of those present inside.
WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli forces blew up a residential block near the Kamal Adwan Hospital, resulting in the killing of several civilians and the injury of others. They also stormed the hospital, forced out the medical staff and patients and detained several people present inside.Israeli military kills four doctors in raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital