Major Gaza hospital shut after Israeli raid, officials say
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Palestinians carry white sacks containing the bodies of those killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Maghazi refugee camp, at Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Dec. 28, 2024.
An Israeli military raid targeting Hamas militants has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director, the World Health Organization and health officials said Saturday.
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A wounded Palestinian girl is assisted as she lies on a bed at Kamal Adwan hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 17, 2024. FILE - A Palestinian man uses a mattress to pull away a victim following Israeli strikes around the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Dec. 6, 2024. FILE - Victims are treated inside the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israeli strikes around the medical complex on Dec. 6, 2024. People pray next to the dead bodies of Palestinians at Kamal Adwan hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Dec. 17, 2024.
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