Israel denied on Tuesday evening that it had seized the Al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis.
Al-Amal hospital in central Gaza has been in the middle of heavy fighting for more than a week. Around Khan Yunis, the extremist organization Hamas and the Israeli army are fighting for control of the area.
The Palestinian Red Crescent, which runs Al-Amal Hospital, said on Monday that it could no longer perform surgeries at the hospital. Due to the blockade caused by the fighting, the hospital has not been able to replenish its oxygen reserves.
However, the hospital has also provided refuge for people trying to escape the fighting.
The Palestinian Red Crescent previously said that Israeli forces had stormed Al-Amal Hospital and ordered people to leave the building at gunpoint.
– No one has attacked or entered the hospital, an Israeli spokesman said on Tuesday evening, according to the Reuters news agency.
According to OCHA, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid, only 14 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are functioning. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says around 64,000 people have been wounded during the war.
According to Israel, at least 25 Hamas fighters and three Israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting in Gaza in the past 24 hours. More than 26,700 people have died in Gaza due to the fighting that started in October.
More than half of Gaza’s houses destroyed
British Broadcasting Corporation According to a BBC report more than half of the houses in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged in the war.
Based on satellite images, the BBC has calculated that there are 144,000 to 175,000 destroyed or damaged houses in Gaza, or 50 to 61 percent of the buildings.
According to the report, it is Khan Yunis that has been destroyed the worst. Israel has called on people to leave the city for the southern part of Gaza, where it nevertheless carries out attacks at the same time.
According to the UN, 1.7 million Gazans have been forced to leave their homes. This is 80 percent of the entire region’s population.
AP, Reuters