The UN Human Rights Office says Israeli attacks on and around hospitals have pushed Gaza's healthcare system to "the brink of total collapse" and raised serious concerns about war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A new report describes a pattern in which Israeli forces struck, besieged and forcibly evacuated hospitals, leading to patients dying or being killed.
It acknowledges Israel's allegations that hospitals have been used by Palestinian armed groups, but says the evidence is "vague".
The Israeli military has not commented. But it has previously said its forces comply with international law and takes measures to mitigate harm to civilians and minimize disruption to medical services.
It comes days after the last functioning hospital in besieged northern Gaza was raided by the Israeli military, which said it was being used as Hamas command centre.
Israel launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group's unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.
More than 45,500 people have been killed and 108,300 injured in Gaza since then, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Source: BBC
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