Speaking to Al Jazeera, journalist Jihad Abu Shanab has described “total destruction” in the area around Gaza’s Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, also known as the Baptist Hospital.

Here are his translated comments:

• Buildings in the vicinity of the hospital have been levelled.
• Dozens of dead bodies are scattered on the streets.
• Many of the bodies have been mutilated beyond recognition.
• People are trying to bury as many people as possible.