The Palestinian Red Crescent has said that it has received warnings from Israeli authorities to immediately evacuate al-Quds hospital in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the PRC said that the calls constituted a "clear and direct threat that the hospital must be evacuated at once, otherwise PRCS holds full responsibility for the lives of everyone inside the hospital".
Spokesperson Nebal Farsakh said that Israeli airstrikes had been increasing in the area since Sunday morning, reaching buildings as close as 50 metres away.
The Israel Defence Forces declined to comment.
The director-general of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was "deeply concerned" by the report.
"We reiterate - it’s impossible to evacuate hospitals full of patients without endangering their lives," he said in a post on X.
"Under International Humanitarian Law, healthcare must always be protected."
