Meanwhile, the fighters of the Nahal Infantry Brigade continue to fight in the Rafah area under the command of the IDF's Gaza Division. In the last day, the forces located shafts, eliminated terrorists and destroyed terrorist infrastructures

As part of the attacks, the forces identified a squad of armed terrorists moving towards them and an Israel Air Force aircraft attacked the squad and eliminated it

Israeli attacks in and around a hospital in northern Gaza wounded three medical staff overnight into Friday and caused damage to the isolated medical facility, according to its director

Dr Hossam Abu Safiya said Israeli quadcopter drones carrying explosives deliberately targeted the emergency and reception area of Kamal Adwan Hospital, where one doctor was wounded for a third time

Abu Safiya said "relentless" drone and artillery strikes throughout the night exploded "alarmingly close" to the hospital, heavily damaging nearby buildings and destroying most of the water tanks on the hospital's roof and blowing out doors and windows

Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya has been hit multiple times over the past two months since Israel launched a fierce military operation against Hamas in northern Gaza

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes

"We demand international protection for the hospital and its staff," Abu Safiya said in a statement released via the UK-based aid group Medical Aid for Palestinians, "as well as the entry of delegations with surgical expertise, medical supplies, and essential medications to ensure we can adequately serve the people we are treating"

Abu Safiya said there were 72 wounded patients at the hospital, one of the few medical facilities left in northern Gaza. He said he expected Israeli forces would allow a World Health Organisation aid convoy to bring supplies to the hospital on Friday or Saturday, as well as a team of doctors from Indonesia