Two children killed in Israeli raid on Gaza hospital
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The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Friday that two children died at the last functioning hospital in the territory's north after Israeli fire hit oxygen equipment, while the military told AFP it was unaware of strikes in the area.
"Two children have died in the intensive care unit after the hospital's generators failed and the oxygen station was targeted," said a health ministry statement about the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp.
Israeli forces "are searching the hospital and firing within different departments, increasing the panic and anxiety", the ministry added.
The Israeli army when contacted told AFP that they were "not aware of live fire and strikes in the area of the hospital".
The ministry said that some 600 people were inside the hospital, including patients, injured people, medical staff and others.
Earlier Friday, the Israeli military said its forces were operating around the hospital in the Jabalia camp, where it launched a major operation earlier this month.
The ministry said the military had detained hundreds of staff, patients and displaced people during the raid.
The operation has sparked fresh concerns about the war's civilian toll, with UN rights chief Volker Turk saying the conflict's "darkest moment" was currently unfolding in northern Gaza.