Israeli Forces Withdraw from Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital After 2-Week Siege

The World Health Organization (WHO) says 21 patients have died since Israel began its siege of the facility on March 18.

Gaza’s civil defense and medical authorities are heading to al-Shifa Hospital for recovery operations following the Israeli withdrawal, Al Jazeera reported.

There is “confirmed news” that the buildings of the complex and medical machines inside the hospital “are totally destroyed”, Moath al-Kahlout, reporting from Gaza’s northern city of Jabalia said.

Dead bodies are scattered in the street near the hospital, he added.

At one point, 107 patients were stuck inside the human resource development building, “which is not prepared at all for medical care”.

At least 32,782 Palestinians have been killed and 75,298 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.