Israeli army burns north Gaza hospital with staff, patients inside

In another cruel act of brutality, Israeli military set fire to the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza with medics and patients inside.

The Gaza Health Ministry confirming the development, stated that all communication with the outside world has been lost due to the ongoing siege.

The Israeli troops stormed into the the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, torturing patients and medical staff, forcibly evicting hundreds of civilians and injured individuals, and stripping them naked.

The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Husam Abu Safiya, along with other medical staff, was  kidnapped by the Israeli army. Their whereabouts and safety remain unknown.

“The occupation forces are inside the hospital now, and they are burning it,” said Munir al-Bursh, the director of the Gaza Health Ministry, in a statement.

The authorities said surgical department, laboratory, and a storage facility inside the hospital have been burned.

“The fire spreading throughout the medical complex,” they added.

Witnesses on the scene told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army carried out field executions within the hospital premises.

At least 350 people, including 75 patients and 185 medical staff, were forcibly displaced from the hospital and moved to a nearby school shelter.