Health officials at the Kamal Adwan Hospital near Gaza’s Beit Lahiya have said the facility came under Israeli tank fire and that one child hospitalised at the hospital was critically wounded, Reuters reports.

Hussam Abu Safiya, the hospital’s director said the incident took place after a delegation from the World Health Organisation visited the facility and evacuated some patients.

He said while evacuating the wounded was important, it was more important to dispatch specialised medical teams to north Gaza hospitals that have become overwhelmed by the number of casualties.

Abu Safiya said the tank fire hit the water supplies, the courtyard, and the neonatal intensive care unit.

Cogat, the Israeli army’s Palestinian civilian affairs agency, claimed the explosion resulted from an explosive device planted by Palestinian fighters and not an Israeli attack.