Gaza StripNov. 12, 2023 (AFP) - Intense fighting raged around Gaza's biggest hospital Sunday where doctors said thousands of Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions, as Israel pledged to help evacuate babies from the crippled facility.
Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital has been caught in Israel's ground offensive aimed at destroying Hamas, and the compound has been repeatedly hit by gunfire and strikes, one of which Hamas health officials said destroyed the cardiac ward on Sunday.
The Israeli military has denied deliberately targeting the hospital and has repeatedly accused the Islamist militant group ruling Gaza of using medical facilities or tunnels beneath them as command centers and hideouts -- a charge Hamas denies.
Fears have intensified for patients and people taking refuge in Al-Shifa and other healthcare facilities in Gaza, and medical aid group Doctors Without Borders has warned that without a ceasefire or evacuation a hospital "will become a morgue."
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