Israel has reportedly ordered the closure and evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital—one of the last semi-functioning hospitals left in northern Gaza—putting the lives of dozens of patients at risk, including babies in incubators.1
The hospital has been under attack for weeks, with staff killed, medical aid repeatedly blocked, and water tanks and electricity generators damaged. Now, the hospital’s director, paediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, has said that they have also been told to evacuate. Israel Defence Forces has told The BMJ it is “unaware of any evacuation order of the hospital.”
Speaking to Reuters, Abu Safiya warned that it would be “next to impossible” to safely evacuate the “nearly 400 …
