BBC News:
The director of the Gaza Strip’s main hospital raided by Israeli soldiers says the facility has now run out of oxygen and water, and patients “are screaming from thirst”.
Muhammad Abu Salmiya said the conditions were “tragic” in Al-Shifa, where there were more than 650 patients, 500 medical staff and 5,000 displaced people.
Israeli tanks were surrounding the hospital in Gaza City, he said, with drones buzzing overhead and Israeli soldiers still moving around inside, as their search of the complex lasted a second day.
Israel’s army said its operation against Hamas was proceeding in a “discreet, methodical and thorough manner”. However a journalist trapped inside the hospital, Khader, told the BBC’s Rushdi Abu Alouf by phone that Israeli troops were “everywhere, shooting in all directions”.
The BBC has not been able to independently verify either of the reports.
Since the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched their raid on Al-Shifa early on Wednesday, they have released several photos and videos of what they say are Hamas weapons and equipment.
On Thursday they said they had found an “operational tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons”.
