Israeli troops assault the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis and order evacuations, according to Health

Israeli soldiers stormed the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis this Thursdayin the south of the Gaza Stripand forced some of the people who were still inside to leave it, denounced the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.

“The Israeli occupation attacks the Naser Medical Complex and turns it into a military barracks after demolishing its southern wall,” reported Health spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra, who added that the Army also attacked the ambulance department and tents of internally displaced persons in the medical facility.

They also ordered medical teams to transfer all patients to a specific hospital building, an almost impossible task for six patients who require assisted breathing.

Hours earlier, in the middle of the siege of the center, a Palestinian was killed and several were injured in an Israeli attack on the hospital.

For more than 25 days, health authorities have denounced the siege of Israeli forces around Naser, and last Tuesday the Army ordered the evacuation of 10,000 Gazans who were taking refuge in the medical facility.

According to Health, as of today, about 1,500 displaced people were still in the hospital, in addition to about 190 members of health personnel and about 300 of their relatives.

Those gathered inside the compound were also left without drinking water or food, and there were almost no drugs or medical supplies “for intensive care, operations or emergencies.”

Naser Hospital is the largest medical center in southern Gaza, where Israeli troops have been carrying out a ground offensive since early December.

According to the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF), “in recent days at least five people have died and another ten were injured by direct shots at the hospital.”