Israeli military arrests Al-Shifa Hospital director, 200 patients too sick to evacuate

THOSE REMAINING HOSTAGES, BUT THE RED CROSS TELLS US, THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY AGREEMENT. >> RAF SANCHEZ FOR US, RAF, THANK YOU. >>> AT THE LARGEST HOSPITAL INSIDE GAZA AL-SHIFA JUST TWO DOCTORS REMAIN TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF ABOUT 200 PATIENTS. EARLIER TODAY ISRAEL SAYS IT DETAINED THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOSPITAL AND TOOK HIM IN FOR QUESTIONING. ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AS FIGHTING RAGES ACROSS GAZA, A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE JUST HOURS AWAY. AHMED MALALA-AKTI ONE OF TWO DOCTORS REMAINING A THE HOSPITAL. >> IF YOU DIDN'T LEAVE THE HOSPITAL, YOUR LIFE WILL BE TAKEN. >> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU GOING LEAVE AL-SHIFA? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> Reporter: ONCE A REFUGE FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GAZANS FLEEING THE WAR, NEW HE SAYS THERE ARE ONLY 200 PATIENTS LEFT, TOO SICK TO LEAVE ON THEIR OWN. >> PATIENTS ARE HERE WITH ALL KINDS OF INJURIES. WE CAN'T SAVE THEM. WE KEEP LOSING THEM. WE LOST A PATIENT OVERNIGHT, AND WE LOST ANOTHER ONE YESTERDAY EVENING. >> Reporter: TODAY THE GAZAN HEALTH MINISTRY ANNOUNCED THERE WOULD BE NO MORE CONVOYS OF AMBULANCES OUT OF AL-SHIFA AFTER THE ISRAELI MILITARY ARRESTED THE HOSPITAL'S DIRECTOR. WHILE HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED, THE IDF HAS ACCUSED HIM OF COLLABORATING WITH HAMAS. >> THEY TRIED TO RUIN THIS TUNNEL. I KNOW FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO ENTER. >> Reporter: AFTER THE ISRAELI MILITARY DISCOVERED SEVERAL TUNNELS BENEATH THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX, ONCE USED, THEY ALLEGE, AS HAMAS MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. >> ABOVE US IS A HOSPITAL. ABOVE US PATIENT, WOUNDED, DOCTORS, ALL BEING A HUMAN SHIELD. >> Reporter: THIS AS THE IDF FACES INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO JUSTIFY ITS SEIZURE BY FORCE OF THE LARGEST HOSPITAL IN GAZA. >> THE ISRAELI MILITARY FOUND TUNNELS UNDER AL-SHIFA. >> UNDER THE GROUND. >> Reporter: THE W.H.O. TELLS NBC NEWS THERE ARE ONLY 2 OF 24 HOSPITALS STILL OPERATING IN NORTHERN GAZA. TONIGHT THERE IS FEAR THAT WITHOUT A FULL

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Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 24 2023