One of the last remaining hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip stopped operating on Tuesday after being stormed by the Israeli army, its director said.
Fadel Naim told AFP Israeli troops had attacked the Al-Ahli hospital and arrested doctors, medical staff and patients, destroying part of the building's grounds.
Israel's attack has "put the hospital out of action", he said. "We can't receive any patients or injured."
At least four people who were wounded by Israeli fire on Monday died on Tuesday after being injured in the Al-Ahli assault, he said.
"According to our information, there are dozens of wounded in the surrounding streets," he said.
Al-Ahli, also known as the Baptist or Ahli Arab hospital, was already heavily damaged by an explosion in its car park on October 17, resulting in at least dozens of deaths.
Militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad accuse Israel, which denies responsibility and blames a misfired rocket by Islamic Jihad for that blast.
Hospitals, protected under international humanitarian law, have repeatedly been hit by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7.
Israeli troops have previously raided other medical facilities in Gaza, including Al-Shifa, the territory's largest hospital, which is now functioning at minimal capacity with a very small team.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization said the Al-Ahli hospital was receiving "critical patients" from Al-Shifa for surgery.
The Al-Shifa emergency department, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is "a blood bath" and "in need of resuscitation", the WHO said.
Israel is facing mounting international pressure over the rising civilian death toll and destruction of hospitals in Gaza.
The deadliest ever war in the narrow territory began after Hamas militants poured across the border and launched a brutal attack that left 1,139 people dead in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on the latest official Israeli figures.
Some 250 people were abducted by militants during the attack and taken to the Gaza Strip.
In Israel's retaliatory assault against Hamas, at least 19,667 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in the Palestinian territory, according to the health ministry there.
Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 19,667
The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said on Tuesday that at least 19,667 people had been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in the Palestinian territory since October 7.
According to the ministry, 52,586 people in Gaza have been wounded in more than two months of fighting.
Israeli Army demolishes home of Palestinian
The Israeli army said Tuesday it had demolished the family home of a Palestinian man accused of killing two Israelis -- a father and his son -- at a car wash in the occupied West Bank.
Police arrested Osama Bani Fadl in November after a months-long hunt, accusing him of killing Shay Silas Nigrekar and Aviad Nir in the Palestinian town of Huwara in August.
The two Israeli men were gunned down when they were at a car wash, in an attack that rocked the territory at the time.
On Tuesday the Israeli army released footage of troops demolishing Bani Fadl's apartment during the night in the town of Aqraba.
Israel regularly demolishes the homes of Palestinians it accuses of deadly attacks on Israelis, arguing such measures act as a deterrent.
Human rights activists say the policy amounts to collective punishment, as it can render non-combatants, including children, homeless.
A witness said troops stormed the town and surrounded Bank Fadl's apartment before blowing it up during the night.
The army said it had "destroyed the apartment of the terrorist who carried out the attack in Huwara".
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that confrontations erupted between Palestinian youths and soldiers during the demolition.
"Soldiers fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters," it said, adding that several people were arrested.
- Surge in violence -
Even before the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas broke out on October 7, violence had surged across the West Bank.
The area had seen a rise in attacks on Israelis as well as attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian communities.
Violence has further escalated there since the war in the Gaza Strip began, with more than 300 Palestinians killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six-Day War of 1967 and, excluding annexed east Jerusalem, the territory is now home to around 490,000 Israelis who live in settlements considered illegal under international law.
The deadliest ever war in Gaza began after Hamas militants poured across the border and launched an attack that left 1,139 people dead in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on the latest official Israeli figures.
Some 250 people were also abducted and taken to the Gaza Strip.
In Israel's retaliatory campaign against Hamas, at least 19,453 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry there.
UK's Cameron urges Israel to take more 'surgical' approach to Hamas
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday urged Israel to take a "much more surgical, clinical and targeted approach" in dealing with Hamas.
After talks with his Italian counterpart in Rome, Cameron said Britain was asking Israel to "recognise that they have to minimise civilian casualties, they have to obey international humanitarian law at all times".
He noted that, according to the Israelis, there had been fewer civilian casualties in the south of Gaza than in the north.
"I would urge them still to go further," the former premier told reporters.
"We want to see a much more surgical, clinical and targeted approach when it comes to dealing with Hamas."
Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock wrote a joint article on Sunday calling for a "sustainable ceasefire" in Gaza, and said that "too many civilians have been killed" in the conflict.
Asked what a sustainable ceasefire meant, he said Tuesday that stopping the fighting was "not sustainable if you stop permanently and Hamas are left in control of even one part of Gaza".
He said a ceasefire and a two-state solution "cannot go together".
"You cannot expect the Israelis to have a two-state solution with Hamas in control of one part of what would be Palestine," Cameron said.
"A sustainable solution means that Hamas are no longer a threat to Israel, they are not capable of doing what they did on October 7."
Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, bursting through the militarised Gaza border fence, killing around 1,140 people in Israel, mostly civilians, and abducting about 250, according to the latest Israeli figures.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says Israel's withering military response has killed more than 19,667 people, mostly women and children, while devastating large swathes of the coastal territory.