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Israel's special forces raided today the "Nasser" medical complex, which is the main hospital in southern Gaza.
Israeli forces claimed that Hamas fighters were hiding inside and that the bodies of the Israeli hostages may also be there. A Hamas spokesman denied this, calling it a "lie".
On the other hand, the director of the hospital, Nahed Abu-Teima, told the BBC that the conditions in the hospital are catastrophic and very dangerous.
" Since midnight, violent shelling and heavy explosions have continued in the vicinity of the compound ," Nahed Abu-Teima told BBC Arabic.
He said patients remaining at the facility were "crammed into wards" with critical injuries and called on the UN and Red Cross to "rescue" them and staff.
Video footage verified by the BBC shows medical staff rushing to carry patients out on stretchers through a corridor filled with smoke and dust
A patient - who is still in their bed - can be seen moving through a corridor where the ceiling is damaged. A nurse inside the hospital told the BBC that a "large number of dogs" had been released inside the hospital during the operation.
Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, is one of the few still operating in Gaza. It has been the scene of intense fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas for days.
The Israeli military said it had assured staff at Nasser Hospital that patients and staff were not forced to leave and that doctors could continue treating Gazan patients.
Dr Ashraf al-Quadra, a spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, denied this was the case, saying Israeli troops had forced hospital management to keep intensive care patients without medical equipment.
A pharmacist who works at the hospital, Rawan Al-Mughrabi, was among those evacuated by Israeli forces on Wednesday. She told BBC Arabic that there was a state of panic that made [evacuees] stand on top of each other and scream. Many people were injured and others returned to the hospital.
" As soon as we left the hospital gate and reached the checkpoint, the entire hospital and wards were attacked by police dogs and while we were standing at the checkpoint, many people were arrested. Most of the medical cases have been evacuated from the hospital and only the very critical cases remain ," she said.
The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 28,600 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel's campaign. Israel says its goal is to destroy Hamas and secure the return of the hostages.
Israel is currently facing increasing international pressure to show restraint. On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to say that Israel's operations in Gaza "must stop" and that the human cost of the operation in Gaza was "intolerable."
But Netanyahu insisted his troops would advance on the Gaza city of Rafah, which is already under bombardment. About 1.4 million Palestinians have taken refuge in the area.
The prime ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand issued a joint statement expressing their "deep concern" that a military operation in Rafah would be "disastrous"./ BBC
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