The World Health Organization (WHO) has called al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City a death zone.
Following the capture of the hospital by the Israeli military and as some patients and people seeking sanctuary there started to escape, a combined United Nations team headed by the World Health Organization conducted an assessment of the facility for a period of one hour.
Following their arrival at the hospital, the crew reported seeing traces of shelling and shooting, as well as a mass grave located near the entrance.
People informed them that it contained the bodies of eighty individuals.
Three hundred critically ill patients still reside at Al-Shifa, once Gaza's largest and most advanced hospital, following an evacuation that the hospital's director claimed the Israeli army ordered but the army insisted the director had requested.
The World Health Organization (WHO) repeatedly demanded a ceasefire, stating that it was working to arrange the immediate evacuation of remaining patients and personnel to other hospitals in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the White House responded to a Washington Post claim. The article claimed that an agreement between Israel, Hamas, and the United States was imminent, promising the release of women and children captured by Hamas on October 7th, in exchange for a five-day ceasefire in the fighting.
Despite not yet striking a deal of this kind, a White House representative stated that the administration was making significant efforts to secure an agreement.
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has stated that he would only consider a brief truce with Hamas if the organization released the hostages it had kidnapped. He has thus ruled out the possibility of a complete ceasefire with Hamas occurring.
The departure of hundreds of individuals, including some patients, took place on Saturday at al-Shifa.
A journalist at al-Shifa hospital revealed to the BBC that only "patients who could not move and a very small number of doctors" remained behind.
According to Khader, a journalist who had been there in al-Shifa, "We raised our hands and carried white flags." Khader described the event to the BBC.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) denied issuing an order to evacuate al-Shifa, instead agreeing to the hospital's head's request that those wishing to leave the area use a "secure route."
According to a released statement, "At no point did the IDF order the evacuation of patients or medical teams, and in fact, it proposed that the IDF would facilitate any request for medical evacuation."
Dr. Ramez Radwan, a physician, described the conditions in the hospital as "miserable" and claimed that Israeli authorities had ordered him to leave al-Shifa. According to him, there were no analgesics or antibiotics available, and some patients had "worms coming out of the wounds."
In recent days, the Israeli military has undertaken a raid on the hospital as part of what it refers to as a "targeted operation against Hamas." However, the Israeli military has not yet provided any proof that the organization carried out a large operation in tunnels underneath the medical facility.
According to Hamas health authorities, two explosions that occurred in Jabalia, which is located in northern Gaza, resulted in the deaths of eighty people.
Israel told the BBC that it could not confirm that it had attacked a United Nations school that had been converted into a shelter, but that it was investigating the incident.
By geolocating video to the al-Fakhoura school in Jabalia, BBC Verify has captured a large number of victims, including women and children, who are either lying motionless on the floor or suffering terrible injuries. The facility positions these individuals in various sections.
A single room on the ground level, which also shows signs of significant damage, houses about half of these victims. The film suggests that there are more than twenty casualties of this kind.
The director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, reported seeing "horrifying images and footage of scores of people killed and injured" at one of the schools his organization operates, which is housing thousands of displaced people.
"These attacks cannot become commonplace; they must stop," he said to reporters.
The health ministry, which is operated by Hamas, issued another statement, stating that more than thirty members of the same family had been murdered in other parts of Jabalia and that the attack was also carried out by Israel.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it was increasing its operations in Gaza, especially in Jabalia, to target Hamas. However, they did not immediately comment on the report.
To ensure their own safety, it has ordered Palestinians living in northern Gaza to evacuate. It has also started informing those living in the city of Khan Younis, which is located in the south of Gaza and is home to thousands of people who have left northern Gaza, that they must now also go.
Following Hamas' onslaught on Israel on October 7th, which resulted in the deaths of 1,200 people and the kidnapping of more than 240 more, Israel has stated that the objective is to eradicate Hamas.
Hamas's health ministry has reported that 12,300 people have died in Gaza. An estimated 2,000 individuals remain buried beneath the debris.
