Palestinian rescuers in Gaza have said Israeli strikes in the vicinity of a hospital in the south of the territory killed at least 28 people, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter the enclave "with full force" in the coming days.
Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 28 people were killed in Israeli strikes surrounding the European hospital in Khan Yunis, where the Israeli military claimed it hit a Hamas "command and control centre".
"It was an utterly catastrophic scene," Amro Tabash, a local photojournalist, told AFP.
"Everyone inside the hospital - patients and wounded alike - was running in fear, some on crutches, others screaming for their children, while others were being dragged on beds," he said.