World Health Organisation says Gaza'sal-Shifa hospital is 'a death zone' - BBC News

The World Health Organization (WHO) has describedal-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as a "death zone" after a
visit to the site.

A joint UN team led by the WHO assessed the hospitalfor one hour following its occupation and evacuationby the Israeli military. The team said they saw evidenceof shelling and gunfire and observed a mass grave.

Following an evacuation which the hospital director
said was ordered by the Israeli army but which the
army said was requested by the director, 300 critically
ill patients remain in al-Shifa.

The WHO said it was trying to arrange the urgentevacuation of remaining patients and staff to otherfacilities in Gaza, and repeated calls for a ceasefire.

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