The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza says Israeli snipers have killed seven people inside Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, where heavy fighting has been reported in recent days.

“No one can move in the yards of Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis,” Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement on Telegram, according to Al Jazeera. 

“Israeli snipers killed seven citizens and wounded 14 staff and displaced people inside the yard [of the hospital],” he added.

He said that ceilings in the dormitory and operations departments collapsed as a result of the explosions around the hospital.

“We need the protection of the technical staff to move in the yard of the hospital to repair the sewage network,” al-Qudra said.