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Patients, staff trapped in Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital amid Israeli siege

The United Nations says it is unable to reach all three hospitals in northern Gaza, including Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya [File: Osama Abu Rabee/Reuters]

At least 600 patients along with their companions, and staff members, are trapped at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya as the Israeli military besieges the medical facility, the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza has said.

Israeli forces raided the hospital in northern Gaza on Friday and ordered patients to move down to the main courtyard, the Wafa news agency reported, as they conducted mass arrests.

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