Israeli special forces raid last major hospital in southern Gaza
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has been treating dozens of Palestinians daily Doctor Khaled al-Serr, a surgeon inside the hospital, said the situation was “getting worse every hour… every minute”. open image in gallery Children rest outside as Palestinian arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis “They are doing digging and destruction of small tents in the hospital’s yards,” Dr al-Serr said, as the buzz of Israeli drones sounded in the background. open image in gallery Palestinian patients arrive in Rafah after they were evacuated from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis It comes as Israel has faced growing international pressure to show restraint in its war inside Gaza, launched after a Hamas attack inside Israel that killed around 1,200 people and saw around another 250 taken hostage. open image in gallery Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with a ‘powerful’ assault on the city of Rafah German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, visiting Israel on Wednesday, had warned that people in Rafah with nowhere to go could not “simply vanish into thin air.” At Nasser Hospital, health authorities said Israel had forced out displaced people and families of medical staff sheltering there, with some 2,000 arriving in the southern border city of Rafah overnight and some pushing north to Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.