Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel’s military.

With nearly the entire Gaza population displaced and many living in flimsy tents, this winter is bringing the biting cold and hypothermia. Holly Williams reports.

The director of the last operating hospital in the northern Gaza Strip has been arrested by Israel Defense Forces after patients there were forcibly removed, Palestinian health officials said Saturday.

The doctor was arrested Friday along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation center.

Israel's military called the hospital director a suspected Hamas operative while providing no evidence.

Gaza's Health Ministry said Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested by Israeli forces along with dozens of other staff and taken to an interrogation center.

The announcement comes a day after Israeli troops stormed the hospital, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather, according to the ministry.

The Israel Defense Forces raided and burned a hospital in northern Gaza that the military says served as a Hamas terrorist stronghold. In Jerusalem, the IDF said it intercepted a missile that Houthi rebels had launched from Yemen after deadly strikes from Israel. The Houthis have vowed to escalate their attacks until Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Health Ministry in Gaza says Israel’s army has detained the director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza

The announcement comes a day after Israeli troops stormed the hospital, forcing many staff and patients outside to strip in winter weather, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.

Houthi rebels in Yemen say an airstrike hit the capital Sana'a after the Iran-backed group claimed to have attacked Israel. Both sides have increased fighting in recent days. Meanwhile, a new front has opened up in the war in Gaza a battle of the elements. Holly Williams reports.

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas to implement a Gaza cease-fire and free the remaining Israelis held hostage there remained stalled Friday as the White House laid blame on the Palestinian militants.

The territorys health ministry said a strike on the hospital a day earlier killed five medical staff.

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Israel's military campaign in Gaza began after Hamas militants launched a deadly assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Israel's military said it was conducting operations against Hamas infrastructure and fighters in the area of the hospital

Israeli airstrikes struck multiple targets inside Yemen on Thursday, including its international airport. The head of the United Nations' World Health Organization was inside during the attack. Also on Thursday in Gaza, Israel hit a TV broadcast van, killing five journalists inside, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Israel claims its strike targeted militants who were "posing as journali...

Youssef Abu El-Rish, the Hamas-appointed deputy health minister, said Israeli forces had set fire to the surgical department and laboratory and a storehouse.

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