"In Gaza, as Israeli forces enter Al-Shifa hospital, we call once again for the protection of medical staff, patients and displaced civilians sheltered inside the hospital," Doctors Without Borders said on X.
"We are extremely worried for their lives," it stressed.
"There are reports that some people who fled the hospital have been shot at, wounded and even killed," wrote WHO on X on Saturday.
Decomposed bodies were buried in a mass grave at the hospital to ward off contagions. Dr. Ahmad Mokhallalati, a surgeon who is currently in the hospital, told Al Jazeera that gunshots can be heard surrounding the hospital.
Mokhallalati said 650 patients remain at the hospital, including about 100 in critical condition, with 2,000 to 3,000 displaced Palestinians seeking shelter in the building, and 700 medical staff.
36 premature babies were recently taken off their incubators because the station supplying them oxygen was destroyed in Israeli shellings three days ago, and three babies died.
The IDF have stripped naked people in the courtyard of the hospital amid rain and winter temperatures while interrogating them as Israel tanks approached while firing.
At least 11,320 Palestinians have been killed, including over 7,800 women and children, and more than 29,200 others have been injured, according to the latest figures from Palestinian authorities.
According to experts, the Al Shifa attack and occupation is part of the Israeli vision for a forceful displacement of everyone in northern Gaza. Food and water supplies have run out, and the destruction of the last remaining source of medical care is a strategic Israeli military goal.
"The war against [Hamas] is advancing with full force, and it has one goal: to win. There is no alternative to victory," Netanyahu said on Saturday, and has rejected international calls for a ceasefire.
Netanyahu has clearly stated it is his goal to remain in Gaza as an occupying force indefinitely, despite the US, Egypt, and Jordan opposing such a plan.
Netanyahu also made clear he wanted Israel to retain overall security control after any conflict "with the ability to go in whenever we want in order to kill terrorists".
In the face of millions of protesters across the world, we still have never once heard Biden call for a ceasefire.
Steven Sahiounie is a two-time award winning journalist
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