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Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Heavy fighting was raging near Al-Shifa hospital, with Israel saying it had killed dozens of militants and destroyed tunnels that are key to Hamas's capacity to fight. Israel launched an offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters poured across the heavily militarised border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages. (Photo by Ismail Zanoun / AFP)
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Newborns are placed in bed after being taken off incubators in Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital due to the power running out. Reuters
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Patients and staff at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city, which is under siege. AFP
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Patients and internally displaced people at Al Shifa. AFP
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Israel claims Hamas is using the hospital as a command centre. AFP
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This claim is denied by those associated with the hospital. AFP
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Al Shifa Hospital has been hit by Israeli shelling. AFP
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Conditions at the hospital have been described as 'disastrous'. Reuters
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Thousands of internally displaced Palestinians have sought shelter at the hospital complex. AFP
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Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Heavy fighting was raging near Al-Shifa hospital, with Israel saying it had killed dozens of militants and destroyed tunnels that are key to Hamas's capacity to fight. Israel launched an offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters poured across the heavily militarised border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages. (Photo by Ismail Zanoun / AFP)
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Newborns are placed in bed after being taken off incubators in Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital due to the power running out. Reuters
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Patients and staff at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city, which is under siege. AFP
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Patients and internally displaced people at Al Shifa. AFP
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Israel claims Hamas is using the hospital as a command centre. AFP
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This claim is denied by those associated with the hospital. AFP
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Al Shifa Hospital has been hit by Israeli shelling. AFP
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Conditions at the hospital have been described as 'disastrous'. Reuters
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Thousands of internally displaced Palestinians have sought shelter at the hospital complex. AFP
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Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on November 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Heavy fighting was raging near Al-Shifa hospital, with Israel saying it had killed dozens of militants and destroyed tunnels that are key to Hamas's capacity to fight. Israel launched an offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters poured across the heavily militarised border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages. (Photo by Ismail Zanoun / AFP)
Why Gaza's under-siege Al Shifa Hospital has reached grim turning point
Largest hospital in Gaza is under siege from Israeli forces
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