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Antonio Guterres, UN secretary general, at the Asean-UN summit in Vientiane, Laos, on 11 October 2024. Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

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Sixteen patients from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have been evacuated in a “complex mission” that lasted 12 hours, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has said.

Fourteen of the patients’ friends or family members were also successfully evacuated.

Israeli forces ordered staff and patients to evacuate the hospital, threatening them with arrest if they did not comply, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

During a long and complex mission lasting nearly 12 hours, Palestine Red Crescent teams, in coordination with the World Health Organization, successfully evacuated 16 patients and 14 companions from Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern #Gaza to Al-Shifa Hospital in #Gaza City.… pic.twitter.com/hSDfVA975G

— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) October 12, 2024

Updated at 12.07am BST