Israeli forces stormed the hospital under heavy gunfire and artillery shelling, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports from Rafah, southern Gaza.

Tanks pushed deeper at the gates and the entire facility is under heavy bombardment. There are confirmed reports from a source on the ground that some of the medical staff inside the hospital were shot and killed inside the hospital.

Some patients with severe injuries inside the hospital have died due to the constant power outages and a severe shortage of medical supplies.

Loudspeakers are being used to call anyone aged above 15 to come out of the building with their hands in the air.

From what Al Jazeera understood from its source, Israeli forces will blindfold them, strip them of their clothes and take them to undisclosed areas for interrogation.

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