Hundreds of people have been leaving al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City – the site that Israeli forces have been searching for days.
Pictures show columns of Palestinians fleeing on foot, some waving white flags.
A journalist among those leaving the hospital said there was gunfire and explosions overnight, and that bulldozers had dug huge holes in the hospital yard.
The hospital director said the Israeli military had ordered an evacuation but the IDF denied this, saying it helped people leave after the director requested it.
The Hamas-run health ministry says 120 patients remain at the hospital, along with premature babies.
Israel accuses Hamas of running a command centre under the hospital – it has shown pictures of an alleged tunnel shaft and weapons as evidence so far.
Reports from elsewhere in northern Gaza say a UN school used as a shelter has been hit – Israel says it’s investigating the claims.
The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 12,000 people have been killed in the territory since Israel began its campaign against Hamas.
It began heavily bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and took more than 200 hostage in the 7 October attacks on Israel.__bbc.com
