Staff say one person killed and eight injured in attack as UN aid chief warns Rafah offensive could cause refugee exodus into Egypt
Israeli forces have raided the largest still-functioning hospital in the Gaza Strip amid warnings from the UN aid chief that Palestinians fleeing a threatened ground offensive in Rafah, the area’s last remaining place of relative safety, could trigger an exodus of refugees fleeing into Egypt.
Nasser hospital, in the central town of Khan Younis, was hit directly by tank fire overnight on Thursday, staff at the medical complex said, in an attack that killed one person and injured eight more. Dr Khaled al-Serr, a surgeon at the hospital, said in an Instagram post that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground troops stormed the premises about an hour later and began forcing patients, medical personnel and displaced civilians sheltering at the hospital to flee.
