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Israeli tanks are now inside Nasser Hospital, eyewitness doctor tells MEE

A Palestinian surgeon in Khan Younis' Nasser Hospital, which is currently being raided by Israeli forces, told Middle East Eye that tanks are now inside the medical complex. 

Hundreds of displaced families and patients were forced out of the hospital over the last two days at gunpoint. 

The few people who remain in the hospital, including 14 medical staff tending to 120 patients, were ordered to gather in one building, the surgeon, Dr Khaled Alserr, said.

"The Israeli army entered Nasser Hospital with soldiers and tanks," he told MEE. 

"We saw them digging outside the hospital with bulldozers for the last few days. They have displaced the medical staff and forced us to put all the patients in one building.

"The corridors inside this building are full of patients, crowded together, as they have nowhere else to go."