'Truly catastrophic': Besieged Al-Shifa hospital under dire conditions

Palestinians Al-Shifa hospital are trapped in increasingly horrific conditions locals report, with two premature infants dying due to lack of electricity as heavy fighting raged nearby.

"Shooting is never stopping, airstrikes are unabated as well as artillery shells," said a witness who spoke on condition of anonymity. "There are dozens of bodies around the complex that nobody can reach."

"The hospital is besieged, with no option to bring in the corpses and injured people sprawled outside. There is no movement in or out of the hospital," said Physicians for Human Rights Israel, citing doctors at Al-Shifa.

Meanwhile, Ann Taylor, head of the Palestinian Territories mission for the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF), called the situation "truly catastrophic".