IP - On Friday, Israeli ground forces attacked and surrounded Kamal Adwan Hospital, the sole operational medical center in northern Gaza, which has become nonfunctional after weeks of frequent assaults.

Iran Press/West Asia: The Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza the frequent target of Israeli warplanes, on Friday was stormed by Israeli ground forces.

Many took refuge at the site beside patients and injured people in yards.

On Friday Israel’s military forced dozens of sick and injured patients to leave Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Reporters at the scene said Israeli forces used loudspeakers and ordered staff and patients a 15-minute deadline to leave the hospital, before the attack inside the facility.

Israeli forces besieged director said about 50 people had been killed, including five medical staff, in an Israeli air strike on a building near the hospital in northern Gaza.

On Thursday, Hussam Abu Safia, head of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, said "Israeli forces have been attacking the surroundings of Kamal Adwan Hospital, sending quadcopters inside the hospital and shooting Palestinians."

The Kamal Adwan Hospital’s director said 50 people have been killed, including five medical staff, in an Israeli air strike on a building near the hospital in northern Gaza.

Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in northern Gaza on October 5.

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