Summary

The World Health Organization (WHO) says Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City "is not functioning as a hospital anymore"

The WHO says "constant gunfire and bombings in the area have exacerbated the already critical circumstances".

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says at least 2,300 people are still inside Al-Shifa, in an update shared by the WHO

The BBC has been sent pictures of at least 20 newborn babies being kept in a surgical theatre at the site

The Israeli military says it has agreed to help evacuate babies from the hospital to a "safer" facility but denies Al-Shifa has lost power

Israel's president Isaac Herzog says Hamas has its base underneath the building - something Hamas denies. The Israeli military says it is not hitting the hospital during fighting

Israel began striking Gaza after the Hamas attacks on 7 October, which saw 1,200 people killed and more than 200 taken hostage

The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since - of whom more than 4,500 were children

Source: BBC 

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