The Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry has issued a statement condemning the Israeli army’s occupation and evacuation of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, Al Jazeera reports.

“The evacuation of Al-Shifa deepens the humanitarian and environmental catastrophe Gaza faces and the great pressure that will increase on hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip,” the statement reads.

Israel’s actions represent “another hideous facet of the crimes of ethnic cleansing and genocide committed by the occupation forces against Palestinians”, it continues.