Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants near the main hospital in central Gaza has caused medics, patients and displaced people to flee, witnesses said Monday.
The withdrawal by Doctors Without Borders and other aid groups from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah spread panic among people sheltering there and led many to leave for the southern part of the besieged territory. Omar al-Darawi, an employee at the hospital, said it has been struck multiple times in recent days and that patients have been concentrated on one floor so the remaining doctors can tend to them more easily.
