Staff say situation at Nasser hospital ‘catastrophic’ as Israeli strikes hit metres away

Israeli forces have advanced further into southern Gaza’s main city, pounding areas near the territory’s biggest functioning hospital and sparking fears it could be forced to close due to Israeli bombardments and evacuation orders.

Khan Younis residents and medical staff said the fighting had come within metres of Nasser hospital, the biggest hospital still partially working in Gaza, over the past week. It has been receiving hundreds of wounded patients a day since the fighting shifted to the south last month.

Israeli officials have accused Hamas fighters of operating from Nasser hospital, which staff deny.

Two-thirds of Gaza’s hospitals have now ceased functioning and losing Nasser would further curtail the limited trauma care still available. Two other hospitals – al-Aqsa and the Gaza European – are also at risk of closure according to the UN.

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    In a statement on Thursday, Hamas denied claims aired by released Israeli hostage Sharon Aloni in an interview on CNN, that she and other prisoners had been detained in rooms in Nasser hospital.

    Residents of Khan Younis described heavy fighting and intense bombardment in the north and east of the city and, for the first time, in the west on Thursday, where they said tanks had advanced to carry out a raid before withdrawing.

    The Israeli military said a brigade in Khan Younis, now operating farther south than troops had ventured before, had “eliminated dozens of terrorists in close-quarters combat and with the assistance of tank fire and air support“.

    The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed on Thursday that it had removed bodies from An Namsawi cemetery near Nasser hospital, after reports that the graveyard had been destroyed by tanks and graves emptied.

    A total of 24,620 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’ 7 October attack on Israel – according to the territory’s health ministry – with thousands more thought to be buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

    He also said he had told the Biden White House that he rejects any moves to establish a Palestinian state when Israel ends its offensive against Gaza, and that all territory west of the Jordan River would be under Israeli security control.

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