Gaza health official says Israel has ordered staff at Indonesian Hospital in north to evacuate

Palestinians stand outside the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2016. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Palestinians stand outside the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on January 13, 2016. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

An official with the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says that Israel has ordered the complete evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.

Dr. Munir al-Boursh, an official inside the facility, tells Al-Jazeera television that hospital officials are trying to organize buses to evacuate some 200 patients, including older adults and children with burn injuries.

Fighting has raged outside the hospital for days, and hundreds of people have already been evacuated to the south.

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