Israeli troops separate men and women near hospital, and arrest all men

A spokesman for the Palestine Red Crescent in Gaza spoke to Al Jazeera about the situation in Gaza’s hospital. 

Mahmoud Basal said that al-Ahli hospital was the only hospital still providing services in the besieged enclave. 

He said that near Al-Quds hospital Israeli forces had separated men and women, before arresting all the men. 

Basal added that communication was cut from the Gaza Strip, and that medics relied on the sounds of explosions to identify the locations of the dead and wounded. 

“There are no resources to deal with the nature of the injuries among citizens,” he said. “We are living in a painful and difficult reality. We have more than 100 wounded among our crews and have lost half of our equipment.”

Meanwhile, the director of Al-Shifa hospital said eight patients had died since Monday morning at the facility.