Israel tells Gazans to evacuate as it raids al-Shifa hospital

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Summary

  1. The Israel Defense Forces launch an overnight raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire
  2. The IDF says "senior Hamas terrorists have regrouped" inside the hospital and are using it to launch attacks
  3. Hundreds of displaced Palestinians are sheltering at the hospital, which was raided by Israeli forces earlier in the conflict
  4. The IDF calls on people in the hospital and surrounding areas to evacuate to a nearby "humanitarian area"
  5. A doctor at the hospital tells the BBC his team began hearing gunfire in the early hours: "Anyone in the grounds were targeted," he says
  6. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza accuses Israel of a war crime, and using "fabricated narratives"
  7. Israel launched its campaign in Gaza after Hamas killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October and took 253 others hostage
  8. Gaza's health ministry says more than 31,300 people have been killed in Gaza since then
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