Israeli forces were searching building to building at Gaza’s main hospital as Hamas said the military had “destroyed” parts of the compound where deep concern has mounted for the up to thousands of Palestinians trapped inside, AFP reports.

Soldiers raided the Al-Shifa a day ago in the hunt for a command centre they say the fighter built below the complex, a charge denied by Hamas and leaders of the hospital.

The Israeli military said it found rifles, ammunition and explosives at the Gaza City complex, as well as computers and equipment containing “information and footage pertaining to the hostages” taken in Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel.

Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in Gaza, told AFP Israeli troops “destroyed the radiology service, and bombed the burns and dialysis departments”.

“Thousands of women, children, sick and wounded are in danger of death,” he said.