hospital, al shifa, where conditions have become desperate while fighting continues outside. a spokesman said the infants would be moved to a safer hospital on sunday. and overnight, the world health organisation has warned that it has lost communication with the hospital in gaza city. a surgeon there previously told the bbc the hospital had run out of water, food and electricity and that the intensive care unit had been struck. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has reiterated that the war in gaza will continue until hamas is destroyed and all the hostages it s holding are free. the bbc s lucy williamson reports from southern israel, and a warning some of these images may be distressing. gaza s main hospital is now the eye of this military storm. staff here say they ve been under constant fire for the past 2a hours. the dead trapped here, along with the living. we would like to bury their bodies. we tried yesterday to make a big grave in shifa hospita
jerusalem. thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza pentagram picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? how hospitals in gaza are coin: ? ~ . coping? well, with great difficulty- coping? well, with great difficulty. they coping? well, with great difficulty. they are - coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all i coping? well, with great - difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on upfront this
says it has lost communication with its contacts at al shifa hospital, gaza s largest. the israeli army denies accusations of strikes on al shifa, although they have admitted to fighting in the area. in this video you can see hospitals operating in darkness in the north, as doctors without borders says hospitals have come under relentless bombardment for the past 2a hours. health groups have warned of a deepening aid crisis in gaza. the israeli army denies strikes at gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, but has acknowledged clashes with hamas fighters in the area. you can see this hospital operating in darkness in the north. a surgeon at al shifa told the bbc power, water and food have run out into the hospital s intensive care unit had been hit. the idf says it will assist in the evacuation of babies from the paediatric department at the hospital on sunday. meanwhile, israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says his forces have completed the encirclement of gaza city, an