World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that 140 staff, patients and accompanying adults are inside the hospital when Israeli troops stormed it.
Israeli troops have previously raided other medical facilities in Gaza, including al-Shifa in Gaza, the territory's largest hospital, which was reduced to rubble / Photo: AP
"We are still under siege for the fifth day in a row," the hospital's acting director, Dr Mohammad Saleh, said on Thursday. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media platform X that 140 staff, patients and accompanying adults were inside the hospital when troops stormed it.The WHO visited al-Awda regularly in April to deliver medical supplies and fuel, but on Tuesday Ghebreyesus said snipers were targeting the building and artillery had hit the fifth floor.
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