Israeli army sets fire to north Gaza's last functioning hospital

Israeli forces stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on 27 December, evacuating people at gunpoint and setting the facility ablaze after brutal attacks on the hospital’s vicinity. 

⚡️BREAKING:

After more than a month of pleading with the world to help Kamal Adwan Hospital, Israel finally stormed the facility a few hours ago. The hospital has been set on fire, and the medical staff are currently being stripped and detained by Israeli forces.

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At least 50 people have been killed around the besieged medical facility since Thursday evening. 

“The storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital … by the criminal Zionist occupation, and forcing the medical staff, patients, wounded and displaced persons inside it to leave at gunpoint, after the intensification of the barbaric shelling of the hospital’s surroundings last night, which led to the martyrdom of more than 50 people, including five medical staff; is a war crime,” a Hamas statement said. 

Plumes of smoke were seen rising out of the hospital early on Thursday as a result of the Israeli arson attack inside the facility.