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Dozens of sufferers and about 3,000 displaced individuals are inside, UN says, as Gaza Well being Ministry requires worldwide assist.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Israeli forces have raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, after besieging and shelling it for a number of days, sources and the Palestinian Ministry of Well being mentioned.<\/p>\n Ashraf al-Qudra, a ministry spokesman, mentioned Israeli troops have been rounding up males and boys within the courtyard of the hospital in Beit Lahiya, together with medical employees, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe worry their arrest and the arrest of the medical groups or their killing,\u201d he mentioned, calling for worldwide intervention.<\/p>\n \u201cWe name on the United Nations, the World Well being Group and the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross to behave instantly to avoid wasting the lives of these within the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n Inside, there are sufferers, medical employees and 1000’s of civilians who’ve taken refuge after being compelled to flee their houses.<\/p>\n Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from southern Gaza on Tuesday, mentioned the raid was happening \u201cunderneath heavy gunfire and artillery shelling\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cTanks pushed deeper on the gates and the whole facility is underneath heavy bombardment,\u201d he mentioned. \u201cLoudspeakers are getting used to name anybody aged above 15 to come back out of the constructing with their fingers within the air.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that Israeli forces who raided the power additionally requested safety guards defending the hospital handy over their weapons.<\/p>\n Kamal Adwan is the one remaining well being facility inside the northern a part of Gaza, our correspondent mentioned. \u201cOver the previous couple of days, it got here underneath heavy bombardment<\/a> and air strikes and tank shelling destroying the overwhelming majority of its amenities, and all the foremost roads resulting in it.\u201d<\/p>\n The United Nations humanitarian company OCHA mentioned two moms have been killed when the maternity division of Kamal Adwan was hit on Monday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hospital stays surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks,\u201d OCHA mentioned, including that the hospital was at the moment accommodating 65 sufferers, together with 12 kids within the intensive care unit and 6 newborns in incubators.<\/p>\n \u201cAbout 3,000 internally displaced individuals stay trapped within the facility and are awaiting evacuation with excessive shortages of water, meals and energy reported,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n The state of affairs in Kamal Adwan is catastrophic, Leo Cans, Docs With out Borders (MSF) head of mission for Palestine, advised Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re outraged by what\u2019s occurring,\u201d he mentioned, including that medics in Gaza have been working in situations similar to World Conflict I.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re working on the ground. Youngsters are arriving with very dangerous accidents, and [surgeons] should do a number of operations however there aren’t any extra beds,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n Israeli troops have beforehand raided and evacuated different medical amenities in Gaza, together with the Indonesian Hospital<\/a> and al-Shifa<\/a>, the territory\u2019s largest hospital.<\/p>\n The World Well being Group (WHO) says solely 11 out of 36 of Gaza\u2019s hospitals stay partially useful and pleaded for them to stay intact.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can’t afford to lose any healthcare amenities or hospitals,\u201d Rik Peeperkorn, WHO consultant for the occupied Palestinian territories, advised a UN press briefing by videolink from Gaza. \u201cWe hope, we plea that this won’t occur.\u201d<\/p>\n Greater than 18,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel started its warfare on Gaza on October 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nHospital \u2018surrounded\u2019<\/h2>\n