Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza said Israeli forces were carrying out a forced evacuation of its premises on Thursday, as the military pushed on with its offensive in the Palestinian territory.
"Israeli occupation forces are currently carrying out a forced evacuation of patients and medical staff from inside Al-Awda Hospital in Tel al-Zaatar -- the only hospital that was still operating in the northern Gaza Strip," the hospital said in a statement.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The hospital earlier in the day said there were "still 97 people inside the hospital, including 13 patients and injured individuals, and 84 medical staff members."
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Israel had "demanded the evacuation of Al-Awda Hospital in the northern Gaza governorate, effectively forcing it out of service."
The UN humanitarian agency OCHA on Thursday said efforts were "ongoing to evacuate patients and medical staff" from the hospital.
"The facility is currently overwhelmed with injuries and critically low on supplies," it said in a statement.
"Ongoing hostilities over the past two weeks have damaged the hospital, disrupted access, and created panic, deterring people from seeking care."
The World Health Organization has said Gazans are suffering acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter.
The Gaza war was sparked by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
The health ministry said Thursday that at least 3,986 people had been killed in the territory since Israel ended the ceasefire on March 18, taking the war's overall toll to 54,249, mostly civilians.