Israeli troops have stormed the maternity unit of a hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis, according to Gaza’s Hamas-controlled health ministry.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) earlier forced Nasser Hospital’s doctors, patients and displaced Palestinians to evacuate while they were conducting a “limited operation” to locate the bodies of Israeli hostages.

Health officials in Gaza said the Israeli military demolished a hospital wall and by late Thursday afternoon “stormed” the maternity ward.

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