in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, has denied they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people, including some patients, left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles remain in the way of reaching a deal on releasing some of the hostages taken by hamas in its attack on israel on october 7th. his comments came after the washington post said that israel, hamas and the united states were close to an agreement on the release of women and children. the united nations secretary general
the director of gaza s biggest hospital says it has run out of oxygen and water, leaving people there the army took the bbc into a small part of the hospital, and was shown rifles, ammunition and body armour which israel says hamas had hidden there. the idf also said it had found laptops containing photos and videos of hostages held by hamas, considered a terror organisation by the uk and many other western governments. israeli military restrictions meant that our correspondent lucy williamson wasn t allowed to speak to doctors or patients but her words aren t censored, and she described what she saw. we are in an israeli military vehicle inside the gaza strip. they are taking us towards gaza city. this area where the ground operation first began weeks ago now. since then, the israeli army has fought its way, methodically, towards gaza city, towards the gates of al shifa hospital. that is where they are taking us now. we are still being told to keep our lights off. are we goi
power outages at the al shifa hospital in northern gaza mean that dozens of premature babies and 45 kidney patients needed dialysis cannot be treated. the idf now says it is working to transfer incubators. ongoing fighting in the area has continued as israel says hamas has built command centres underneath hospitals and insist it is not targeting the medical facilities themselves. expressing his concern on monday, president biden said hospitals must be protected. meanwhile, the un says it will run out of fuel in gaza as soon as tutor, making it impossible to distribute aid to the more than 2 million people in the street. the hamas run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel begun its strike on october seven when 1200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more and this report contains scenes that you may find it distressing. war is closing in, and they are running out