Eyewitness recalls 'terrifying' night at Khan Younis hospital

A Palestinian taking shelter with his family in the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis described a night of terror and chaos as heavy Israeli air strikes pummelled areas nearby. 

Mohammad Rami, a father of three, said many families taking shelter in tents in the hospital's yards and the nearby Austrian district were forced to flee late at night, fearing the hospital would be raided or bombed.    

"It was very cold and the bombing was terrifying," Rami told Middle East Eye. 

"Some went to schools but many spent the night on the streets."

Israeli tanks, which reached meters away from the Jordanian field hospital near the Nasser hospital, retreated on Wednesday morning, according to eyewitnesses.

Residents say a cemetery in the Austrian district was razed in their wake, with bodies stolen by soldiers. 

However, artillery shelling and gunfire continue to be heard in Al-Manara and Batn Al-Sameen neighbourhoods, Rami said. 

Translation: The occupation army commits a new crime in the Gaza Strip... Soldiers exhume graves in the Austrian neighbourhood in Khan Yunis