the world health organization has described the al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, 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, deny 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 qa
which it claims was built by hamas, under the al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside the al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. 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. we haven t yet independently verified where it was found. israelis say this is the entrance to a tunnel under the al shifa hospital complex. the idf says based on its intelligence, troops have exposed a tunnel 55 metres in length, 10 metres under the complex. it says the tunnel shaft was uncovered in the area of the hospital underneath a shed alongside a vehicle containing numerous weapons including rpgs, explosives, and kalashnikov rifles . the idf says the entrance of the tunnel
an hour at the site, and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire, and say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the israeli military has surrounded and occupied the hospital for days; last week, they claimed they d found a hamas command and control centre beneath it. that s been denied by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot, making their way through israeli armoured vehicles. 25 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. among them are 32 babies in critical condition. the who says it s now drawing up plans for their evacuation. meanwhile, the hamas run health authority, says at least 80 people have been killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp. they say one hit a un run school that was being used as a shelter. the prime minister of qatar has said the challenges of reaching a deal on releasing so
described al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, 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, deny 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 rem
the israeli military has released footage which it says shows its forces going into a tunnel shaft, and along what is says is a 55 metre long tunnel, which it claims was built by hamas, under the al shifa hospital. hamas has denied having a command centre there. 31 premature babies who were trapped inside the al shifa hospital by the fighting have been moved to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors there say eight other premature babies did not survive. 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. and the fighting continues hamas says at more than a0 members of one family have been killed in an israeli air strike. israel has not commented. we ll have more on all of those developments in the coming hour. let s look first at the footage which the israeli military has made public. we should stress, we have not yet independently