Israeli troops have turned Gaza’s only specialised cancer hospital into a de facto military base, stationing dozens of armoured vehicles at the facility and building earthen fortifications to shield them, according to satellite imagery analysed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency.

The Israeli army first moved its vehicles into the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, located south of Gaza City, on November 23, according to the analysis.

Since then, Israeli forces have built a dedicated supply road from the facility to the Netzarim corridor, an east-west military road that Israel uses to split Gaza City from the rest of the territory.

As of April 16, Israel’s military had brought a total of 55 vehicles into the hospital’s vicinity, the analysis found.