Eyewitnesses said the Israeli military threatened to bomb the hospital just minutes before the strikes, giving those in its compounds only 18 minutes to evacuate.

Due to the rushed expulsion, critically ill patients were evacuated out in the cold without proper care.

At least three patients – including a child being treated for head injuries – died as a result.

One woman was sleeping in the hospital overnight while she waited for her husbanded to be treated.

Even before the attack happened, the hospital was filled with patients injured by Israel‘s more than a year long assault on Gaza.