Nasser hospital has 'turned into a battle zone': Report

The situation in Nasser hospital is becoming “more and more risky” for medical staff and hundreds of displaced people sheltering there, reports Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud in Rafah, southern Gaza.

"The situation in the hospital is becoming more and more risky for the medical staff and for the hundreds of displaced people sheltering there with no safe place to go," said Mahmoud.

"The Israeli military issued sharp evacuation orders. It has already destroyed the northern gate of the hospital and blocked it with a pile of debris and sand. The hospital area has turned into a battle zone with the vast majority of buildings and roads in the vicinity destroyed," he reported.

"Soldiers are shooting at everything in sight – including a doctor and a nurse. There are bodies in the courtyard. Those people were killed after being told to evacuate. This situation is extremely overwhelming for people inside the facility right now," he added.

Mahmoud reports a lack of fuel, medical supplies and oxygen at the hospital. He says this means there are no surgeries taking place. “There’s also a sewage flood as the facility is without electricity,” he adds.