Israel forcibly evacuates Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital and detains medical staff

The hospital's nursing director says ICU patients in comas and on ventilation machines have been forced out.

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The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, was among those taken for questioning by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which accused him of "being a Hamas terrorist operative", without providing evidence.

On Friday an estimated 50 people, including medical staff were killed in Israeli air strikes targeting the vicinity of the hospital, the health ministry said.

The IDF said it had carried out an operation there, alleging the hospital was a "Hamas terrorist stronghold".

Fifteen critical patients, 50 caregivers and 20 health workers were transferred the nearby Indonesian Hospital, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

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