Hundreds Flee Gaza Hospital, Israel Army Says No Evacuation Order Given

The army "acceded to the request of the director of the Shifa Hospital to enable additional Gazans who were in the hospital, and would like to evacuate, to do so" an army statement said.

Hundreds of people evacuated Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on foot Saturday, an AFP journalist at the scene saw after the hospital director said the Israeli army ordered the hospital emptied.

The Hamas-run health ministry said in a statement that 120 wounded were still at the facility, along with an unspecified number of premature babies, adding it was in touch with the Red Cross about the infants. 

Officials said a few medical staff stayed behind to care for those who could not be moved.