Three hundred 'critically ill' patients trapped in north Gaza, UK non-profit says

The UK-based non-profit Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said it is "deeply alarmed" by the Israeli military’s forced displacement orders in north Gaza which have left 300 "critically ill" patients trapped.

Israel has ordered the forced removal of patients in Al-Awda, Indonesian and Kamal Adwan hospitals, and MAP is warning of an "erasure of the Palestinian presence in north Gaza".

Kamal Adwan hospital in particular has been shut down, but the emergency department continues to receive patients, MAP said in a statement.

"Newborn babies from the MAP-supported neonatal intensive care unit at Kamal Adwan have been evacuated to the Patient Friends Hospital in Gaza City - which MAP is also supporting - but ambulances are being detained at military checkpoints," the statement added.