The Israeli military forces have raided the largest hospital still functioning in the Gaza Strip in what it called a search for Hamas fighters and the bodies of hostages.
Explosions and gunfire rocked the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis before the predawn raid.
Several people were killed and wounded, according to a doctor there and Doctors Without Borders, which had staff members at the hospital. (The specific casualty claims could not be immediately confirmed.)
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Gazan officials said that at the start of the week there were 8,000 displaced people sheltering at the hospital, and hundreds of patients and medical workers.
Many of them fled before the raid, and it was not clear how many people remained in the hospital when it happened.
The Israeli military said it had detained dozens of people, but it did not say who, or why, and it did not say whether hostages or Hamas fighters had been found.
[NY Times]
