Earlier today, Dr Munir al-Bursh, director-general of the health ministry for the administration in Gaza, told Al Jazeera television that Israeli forces had raided the western side of the medical complex and believed an explosion occurred inside the hospital.

The surgery and emergency departments were raided first, Mohammed Zaqout, the ministry’s director of hospitals, told the broadcaster, Reuters reports.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm the situation at Al Shifa.