Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza is being forced to close following a terrifying four-day siege, the latest in a series of systematic attacks on healthcare by Israeli forces.

“Staff and patients were forced to leave one of the only hospitals still functioning in the north of Gaza,” the medical charity said in a post on X.

“We have been working in partnership with Al-Awda Hospital since 2018. The hospital kept functioning since the start of the war despite horrendous conditions and amid constant attacks on healthcare,” it said.

“Al-Awda is a lifeline for people in northern Gaza. The hospital must be able to continue providing care to patients: we continue to call for its protection, and that of all health facilities, patients and medical staff,” it added