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00:00This is the site of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Bet Lahiya.
00:04It was the last major health facility in the north of Gaza, but the World Health Organization
00:08and local health officials say an Israeli raid has officially put it out of service.
00:14The Kamal Adwan Hospital has been subjected to a concentrated military campaign that was
00:19aimed at forcing everyone to evacuate. There were about 350 people inside, including medics,
00:26patients and civilians. We can confirm that the occupation forces have burned down all
00:31the hospital's facilities.
00:33Gaza health officials also say Israeli forces have detained dozens of staff from the hospital,
00:38including its director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya. He'd been warning that Israeli forces were
00:43besieging the hospital and issuing evacuation orders that morning.
00:48The IDF claims it had become a Hamas stronghold, used as a hideout by militants. The UN has
00:53called on the protection of health facilities.
00:56Sick and injured children are going into this hospital. We're going into this hospital to
01:01get treatment. Sick and injured men, women, we're also going there with medical personnel,
01:09risking their lives in some cases to continue to provide services to people who really need it.
01:15The WHO believes a number of patients in critical condition remain in the hospital, along with
01:20dozens of medical personnel. The raid comes a day after an Israeli strike killed five
01:25staff members in the same area.