India, May 18 -- The northern part of the Gaza Strip no longer has a single working hospital as of Sunday, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The health ministry said in a statement that all public hospitals in the north of the territory were now "out of service" after Israeli forces besieged the Indonesian hospital, the last remaining medical facility in the area.

"The Israeli occupation has intensified its siege with heavy fire around the Indonesian hospital and its surroundings, preventing the arrival of patients, medical staff, and supplies -- effectively forcing the hospital out of service," AFP quoted the ministry as saying.

"All public hospitals in the North Gaza governorate are now out of service," the statement added....