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Israeli soldiers burn Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, force hundreds to leave

Gaza's Health Ministry said the Israeli army ordered 350 people to leave Kamal Adwan Hospital for a nearby school sheltering displaced families [Khalil Ramzi Alkahlut/Anadolu Agency]

Israeli soldiers have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last remaining medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip, torching large sections and ordering hundreds of people to leave.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Friday that contact had been lost with staff inside the hospital in Beit Lahiya, which has been under siege and heavy pressure from Israeli forces for weeks. It had no information on the fate of patients who were inside, it added.

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