Israeli forces order Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital evacuated

Israeli Forces have ordered doctors, patients and displaced people at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital to evacuate the medical compound.

Columns of sick and injured, some of them amputees, displaced people, doctors and nurses, made their way towards the seafront

Doctors said the facility, which has been under siege by Israeli troops for several days, was now largely deserted hours after soldiers ordered people to leave on Saturday.

On a post on X social media, the Israeli Army Spokesperson denied giving any order, saying the “IDF responded to the request of the Director of Shifa Hospital to allow Gazan citizens who were sheltering in the hospital and who wish to evacuate from Shifa Hospital towards the humanitarian crossing in the Gaza Strip via a secure axis.

Over 7,000 people, including patients in critical condition and newborn babies fighting for their lives, were sheltered inside al-Shifa.

The United Nations estimated 2,300 patients, staff and displaced Palestinians were sheltering at Al-Shifa before Israeli troops moved in on Wednesday.