The Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is deemed a death zone by the WHO; hundreds of patients fled

 The Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is deemed a death zone by the WHO; hundreds of patients fled

After inspecting the facility, the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City a "death zone".

After Israeli soldiers had occupied and evacuated the hospital, a combined UN delegation headed by WHO evaluated the facility for an hour.

The crew reported seeing a mass grave at the hospital's entrance as well as signs of shelling and gunfire.

They were informed that eighty people's remains were inside.

After the Israeli military ordered their removal, 300 critically sick patients are still housed at al-Shifa, which used to be the biggest and most sophisticated hospital in Gaza.

WHO reiterated its pleas for a ceasefire and said that it was working to organize the quick transfer of any remaining patients and personnel to other institutions in Gaza.

The Washington Post reported that Israel, Hamas, and the US were close to reaching an agreement that would see the release of women and children taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 in return for five would be completed. The White House has replied to this allegation. Day-break conflict.

A spokesman for the White House said that while no such agreement has been reached yet, considerable effort is being done to accomplish so.

Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, has said that he would only support a short truce in exchange for the release of hostages who have been abducted by Hamas, ruling out a complete ceasefire.

On Saturday, hundreds of people—including some patients—left Al-Shifa. Israel rejects the claims made by several medical staff members that they were ordered to leave.

There were only "patients who could not move and a very small number of doctors" remaining, a journalist at Al-Shifa Hospital told the BBC.

Journalist Khadr told the BBC that "we raised our hands and raised white flags" when he was at al-Shifa.

"Last night was very challenging. It was unnerving to hear gunshots and explosions. In the hospital courtyard, bulldozers caused enormous craters, and several structures were swept away."

There were 120 patients still in the hospital, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, including an unspecified number of preterm infants.

The IDF said that it had granted the hospital director's request for anybody who want to go via "safe passage" but denied having issued any orders for the evacuation of al-Shifa.

"At no point did the IDF order the evacuation of patients or medical teams along with fact proposed that any requests for medical relocation would be facilitated by the IDF," it said in a statement.

The hospital's circumstances, according to Dr. Ramez Radwan, a physician who said he was told to leave al-Shifa by Israeli officials, were "pathetic," with no medications or painkillers and several patients' wounds having maggots emerging from them.

In what it calls a "targeted operation against Hamas," Israel's military has stormed the hospital in recent days, but so yet there isn't any proof that the organization has penetrated the tunnels under the facility. It was a significant operation.

Separately, 80 people were killed at the same time by twin explosions in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, according to Hamas health authorities.

Israel informed the BBC that although it was looking into the matter, it was unable to clarify whether it had targeted a UN school-sheltered facility.

Video from the Al-Fakhoura school in Jabaliya, obtained by BBC Verify, shows a number of people—including women and children—suffering from severe injuries or unconscious on the floor in different areas of the structure.

More than 20 of these victims were seen in the video, with almost half of them occurring in a single ground floor room, suggesting extensive devastation.

The director of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said that his organization was "hosting thousands of displaced persons" and that he had seen "horrific images and footage" of many people being murdered and wounded at a school.

"These attacks have to stop; they cannot become normal."

In another report, the health ministry administered by Hamas claimed that an Israeli attack was to blame for the deaths of almost thirty members of a single family in Jabaliya.

The Israel Defense Forces said it was increasing up operations in Gaza, especially Jabaliya, to target Hamas, but it did not immediately respond to the claim.

It has advised Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate for their own safety, and it has already started informing residents of Khan Yunis, a city in southern Gaza, that they should also leave right now since hundreds of them have departed northern Gaza.

Following the October 7 assaults on Israel that resulted in 1,200 deaths and more than 240 hostages, Israel has declared its intention to destroy Hamas.

According to the health ministry administered by Hamas, 12,300 people have died in Gaza. It's thought that at than 2,000 individuals are trapped under the rubble.