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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emine Sinmaz in Jerusalem and Oliver Holmes

Israeli forces at gates of Gaza’s main hospital with hundreds trapped

Patients and medics at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City
Patients and medics at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Friday. The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom, Ghebreyesus said Shifa was ‘not functioning as a hospital anymore’. Photograph: Ismail Zanoun/AFP/Getty Images

Israeli forces have reached the gates of Gaza’s largest hospital as hundreds of patients, including dozens of babies, remained trapped inside.

Thousands of people have fled al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, but health officials said the remaining patients were dying due to energy shortages amid intense fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas militants.

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