The World Well being Group stated it had misplaced contact with workers on the hospital since Friday morning.
“This improvement is deeply disturbing given the variety of sufferers being served and other people sheltering there,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated.
Gaza’s well being ministry stated Israel’s forces “stormed” the hospital, “detaining a whole lot of sufferers, medical workers and a few displaced people from neighbouring areas who sought refuge”.
Israel’s COGAT defence ministry physique stated it had allowed the switch of 23 sufferers out of the hospital on Thursday night time, which was confirmed by the WHO.
Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO consultant for the Palestinian territories, stated he witnessed “mayhem and chaos” on the hospital on Thursday night time.
At a checkpoint near the hospital, the visiting WHO workforce noticed “1000’s of ladies and kids leaving that space, strolling, limping with their few belongings” in the direction of Gaza Metropolis, he added.