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Israel Gaza war latest news: IDF special forces raid Nasser hospital - BBC News Israel Gaza war latest news: IDF special forces raid Nasser hospital - BBC News
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We have been reporting on Israeli special forces entering the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, the main medical complex in southern Gaza.
The Reuters news agency has spoken to people who were inside the hospital when the raid started. If you’re just joining us, we've been covering the scene at Nasser hospital in southern Gaza where Israel's special forces have carried out a raid.
Rasmeya Saleem Abu Jamoos had been receiving treatment and says Israeli forces detained her blind husband. Here are the latest developments so far:
"I left with my husband... I was doing kidney dialysis. They destroyed the wall by us, as well as [a] doctor's room," she says. Special
"They ordered us to leave and fired at us, they fired bombs and rockets on our heads from the top. They demolished the building. We left through the door and we walked in the sewage," she says, adding that her husband was then detained. forces entered the hospital and began what Israel describes as a "precise and limited mission"
Hanna Um Mahmoud had been receiving treatment at the hospital for almost three weeks when the raid started. The IDF says the aim is to
"Only those who cannot walk were allowed to stay. We all evacuated and we walked on foot from the Nasser hospital to al-Miraj in Rafah. find and return bodies of hostages it believes are
"The roads are not paved, we are tired and humiliated. Only God knows what we saw on this journey." hidden inside the medical complex. This information, the IDF says, is based on its own “credible evidence”
Chaotic scenes are being reported from inside and around the hospital,
where many displaced people are said to be sheltering
Hamas rejects the IDF’s accusations, saying claims about hostages being held inside Nasser are "lies"
Intensive care patients are reportedly in “grave danger”,
according to the Hamas-run health ministry. But the IDF says "there is no obligation for
patients or staff to evacuate"
This morning’s raid comes amid warnings from heads of aid
agencies, who made impassioned appeals to UN member states to do their utmost to prevent an Israeli ground operation
in Rafah, the border city 7km (4.5 miles) from Nasser
There are estimated to be more than 1.4 million people sheltering
inside Rafah - prior to the 7 October attack it held a
population of 250,000
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