Patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

Israeli tanks at the border fence amid ongoing battles in Gaza. Picture: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients and newborn babies with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said on Monday.

The Israeli military has urged Palestinians to flee south on foot through what it calls safe corridors.