Israeli army forces patients out of a north Gaza hospital: medics [Video]

Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Hospital is one of the Gaza Strip’s few still partially functioning hospitals, on its northern edge, an area that has been under intense Israeli military pressure for nearly three months.

Israel says its operation around the three northern Gaza communities surrounding the hospital — Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia — is targeting Hamas militants.

A statement from the Israeli military said the Indonesian Hospital was being used by fighters to launch attacks against Israeli troops and that it “facilitated the secure evacuation of civilians, medical personnel and patients from the area both before and during the operation,” but it did not provide evidence.

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