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Hospital in north Gaza refuses to leave patients and evacuate

A hospital in north Gaza is refusing to comply with Israel's evacuation order. 

The director of Al-Awda Hospital said its staff remained in the facility and would continue to aid patients, as it would be "impossible" to transport the sick and wounded. 

The hospital was initially given just two hours to leave on Friday afternoon, before the deadline was extended until 6am on Saturday. 

The World Health Organisation has condemned the order to evacuate the hospital. 

"We implore Israel to reverse this decision. Moving the patients would put their lives at immediate risk, as well as the lives of the health workers," WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said.