Israel has informed health officials in Gaza that it intends to raid the besieged al-Shifa hospital in the coming minutes, according to Al Jazeera.
Israel instructed Palestinian health workers by phone not to approach the windows or doors of Al-Shifa Hospital, Ashraf al-Qudra, the Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza told Al Jazeera.
Israeli military vehicles have been encircling al-Shifa hospital from all directions throughout the day. There has been continuous artillery shelling and heavy gunfire around the hospital, Palestinian authorities in Gaza say.
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Update on the state of al-Shifa hospital
Norwegian physician, Dr Mads Gilbert, speaking to al-Shifa staff gave an update about the state of the hospital tonight.
82 dead bodies in a mass grave on Tuesday with an additional 80 bodies awaiting burial
45 patients received life saving haemodialysis, which is to help clean the blood when the kidneys don’t function
36 premature babies are still alive and every attempt is being to look after them
633 wounded patients in the hospitals
116 doctors remain at the hospital and an additional 500 staff
Surgeries are being done without anaesthesia or oxygen
Dr Mads Gilbert is a Norwegian physician, humanitarian, activist, and politician. Gilbert also worked at al-Shifa Hospital during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.
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