Raed Al-Nims, a representative for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, says many departments at Al-Shifa Hospital were “set on fire”, and “many bodies” are lying around the hospital.

“The situation is dire, the medical staff, some of them were killed, others tortured, others detained, and above all, they have been besieged for two weeks without any medical supplies or even food or water,” he told Al Jazeera.

He added that civil defence teams were not allowed to put out fires started at the hospital, which caused immense damage.

“According to eyewitness accounts and official reports, many of the civilians were executed. They were killed by the Israeli occupation forces including medical staff, doctors and nurses, they were purposefully executed by the Israeli soldiers,” Al-Nims said.

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