The Israel Defense Forces said it launched an operation Friday in the area of Kamal Adwan Hospital, where the hospital’s director said troops set fire to parts of the facility after ordering evacuations and arresting some of the medical staff — an account that the IDF disputed.

Israeli forces have arrested dozens of staff, including a hospital director after raiding the last major functioning health facility in northern Gaza, Gaza’s ministry of health says.

One of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals has been forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military, medics say, after dozens of people were reportedly killed in Israeli air strikes targeting the area around the healthcare facility.