Israel says it has launched an operation inside Gaza hospital

Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli strike on a building in Jebaliya refugee camp in Gaza (Mahmoud Abo Salamah/ AP)

Israel says their forces have entered Gaza’s Shifa hospital, the site of a lengthy stand-off.

The Israeli army had surrounded the facility as part of its ground offensive against Hamas, claiming the militant group conceals military operations in the hospital complex. But with hundreds of patients and medical personnel inside, it had refrained from entering.