Thousands flee Gaza’s main hospital but hundreds still trapped by fighting

Thousands flee Gaza’s main hospital but hundreds still trapped by fighting
Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip ( AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Thousands of people appear to have fled from the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital as Israeli forces and Palestinian militants battle outside, but hundreds of patients remain inside, health officials said.

The patients including dozens of babies at risk of dying because of a lack of electricity, the officials added.

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