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The World Health Organization (WHO) has described al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as a "death zone" after a visit to the complex.
A team from this organization visited the hospital an hour after its occupation and evacuation by the Israeli army. The team said they saw evidence of attacks and observed a mass grave at the entrance to the hospital. They were told it held the remains of 80 people.
Following evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army, 300 critically ill patients remain at al-Shifa, once the largest and most advanced hospital in Gaza.
The WHO said it was trying to organize the emergency evacuation of patients and staff remaining in other facilities in Gaza amid repeated calls for a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the White House has responded to a Washington Post report that Israel, Hamas and the US are on the verge of a deal that would see the women and children released on October 7.
A White House spokesman said no such agreement had yet been reached, but hard work was being done to reach an agreement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a full ceasefire with Hamas and said he would only consider a temporary truce in exchange for the return of hostages taken by the militants.
A journalist at al-Shifa hospital told the BBC that only "patients who could not move and a very small number of doctors" were left behind.
"We raised our hands and held white flags. Last night was very difficult. The sounds of explosions and gunfire were terrible. The bulldozers created huge holes in the hospital yard and wiped out several buildings," said Khader, a journalist who had been in al-Shifa, for the BBC.
Earlier, the Hamas-run health ministry said 120 patients remained in the hospital, as well as an unspecified number of premature babies.
The IDF denied ordering the evacuation of al-Shifa and said it had agreed to a request from the hospital's director for those who want to leave to evacuate via a "safe route".
"At no time did the IDF order the evacuation of patients or medical teams and in fact proposed that any request for medical evacuation would be facilitated by the IDF ," it said in a statement.
Dr Ramez Radwan, a doctor who said he had been ordered to leave al-Shifa by Israeli authorities, described the situation at the hospital as "deplorable", saying there were no painkillers or antibiotics and some patients had "worms that came out of the wounds".
The Israeli army has raided the hospital in recent days as part of what it describes as a "targeted operation against Hamas", but has yet to provide substantial evidence, writes the BBC.
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