The head of the burns department at Al-Shifa Complex in Gaza, Dr. Ahmed Mufid Al-Makhalati, said that the situation is tragic and getting worse in the complex, pointing out that the Israeli army is using patients as human shields.

Al-Makhalati added: We are 15 members of the medical team and we have 260 patients still in the hospital.

He pointed out that two patients were lost in intensive care, and the complex is no longer fit to provide care.

Al-Makhalati continued: We cannot reach the laboratories, and for 8 days neither food nor water has entered, and the radiology department has been destroyed.

He explained that the occupation is delaying emptying the hospital and deliberately buying time.