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Israel Gaza war latest news: IDF special forces enter Nasser hospital - BBC News Israel Gaza war latest news: IDF special forces raid Nasser hospital - BBC News
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We've just had a response from Hamas to Israel saying it had "credible information" that gunmen were hiding in Nasser hospital, had kept hostages there and that bodies Even before Israel confirmed its special forces had entered Nasser hospital, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief expressed alarm at the circumstances around the complex in Khan Younis.
of hostages may still be there. "Nasser is the backbone of the health system in southern Gaza. It must be protected," he wrote on X on Wednesday, adding:
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri tells Reuters news agency that Israel's claims are "lies". Humanitarian access must be allowed. Hospitals must be safeguarded so that they can serve their life-saving function. They must not be militarised or attacked."
He adds that "all previous Israeli Separately yesterday, Lisa Macheiner, Médecins Sans Frontières project coordinator in Gaza, said “people have been forced into an impossible situation: stay at Nasser hospital against the Israeli military’s orders and become a potential target, or exit the compound into an apocalyptic landscape."
allegations against hospitals had proven to be false".
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