Other patients were allegedly made to walk hours on foot to a school in northern Gaza, alongside medical staff. "They made us strip down to our underwear. It was a tough situation, and they assaulted the wounded and women," Abu Mahmoud Al-Attawi, an injured patient, told CNN on Friday.
The IDF said it had helped evacuate staff and patients ahead of the operation, later adding that "an additional 95 patients, caregivers and medical personnel" were taken to the Indonesian Hospital "to maintain and operate essential systems."
Asked by CNN about the allegations of strip searches and beatings of patients, as well as if they had evidence to the claims against Dr. Abu Safiya, the IDF said it had "no further comment."
Video sent by nurse Rawiya Al Batsh from the Indonesian Hospital, seen by CNN, showed upturned furniture and tattered blankets strewn along the dusty corridors. The buzz of Israeli drones can be heard overhead.
CNN has reached to the Israeli military asking for comment on allegations that men and women were forced to strip.
Several staff also reported a large fire breaking out. Al Batsh told CNN that the blaze broke out in the hospital after Israeli strikes on the building, with staff forced to use water from a kidney dialysis machine to fight the flames.
"Unfortunately, this water was mixed with chlorine and other substances, resulting in burns on their hands and faces," Al Batsh said, adding one patient died in the fire.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN that "there was a small fire in an empty building inside the hospital that is under control," adding that it is "unaware" of allegations that the fire was caused by IDF gunfire. It added that its troops "are operating in the area of the hospital and not inside of it."
An audio message from staff at Kamal Adwan said that surgical departments, laboratory, maintenance, and emergency units have been completely burned.
The WHO has previously said that Israeli authorities have repeatedly denied humanitarian access to Kamal Adwan Hospital and just this week said that a request to deploy international emergency medical teams was denied by Israeli authorities, "despite the need for immediate surgical interventions for injured patients."
Some patients were taken to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. CNN footage shows patients who had arrived from Kamal Adwan Hospital, including women, children and those with special needs.
In the video, a man with special needs is trying to explain what happened to him, making signs of gunfire and gestures indicating that he has been beaten on his arms and face. He arrived alone and his bare feet are covered in dust.
The patient's name is Khaled Hazzaa, according to another man stood nearby who says he is Hazzaa's nephew. The man says they had not seen each other for 82 days until Al Shifa Hospital called him. Hazzaa was being treated at Kamal Adwan Hospital, the man says.
Another woman CNN spoke to at Al Shifa Hospital said she arrived at Kamal Adwan hospital for treatment two days ago after her house was hit in an Israeli strike and her son was killed. During the raid on Friday, Fatmeh Al Najjar also said that men and women were interrogated and then soldiers "took us in military vehicles and left us at Abu Sharekh roundabout. From there, they told us to walk south."
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