All hospitals in northern gas out of service, says the health ministry

All three public hospitals in North Gaza were released “out of service,” the Hamas Health Ministry said, as Israel continues its offensive to seize areas of the territory.

The ministry said that on Sunday the Israeli forces were besieged the Indonesian hospital in Bate Lahia, “with a strong fire … preventing the arrival of patients, medical staff and supplies.”

The hospital was the last to the north that works, she said.

The Israeli military on Saturday announced the start of a “Gideon Chariot operation” against the backdrop of the most deadly wave of strikes in gas for months.

Hamas offered to release nine hostages in exchange for a 60-day truce and the release of Palestinian prisoners, a Palestinian official told the BBC after new negotiations were held on Saturday.

The Ministry of Health said on Sunday: “After the destruction of Bate Hanun Hospital and Kamal Advan Hospital and the Hospital in Indonesia, all public hospitals in the north Gaza were already out of operation.”