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Israel has struck one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza.
The Israeli military says it targeted a Hamas command center in the hospital used to plan attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
It did not provide evidence.
NPR's Anas Baba reports one child died as patients were evacuated.
The Christian-affiliated Al Ahli Hospital was struck on Palm Sunday.
The Israeli strike caused massive damage to the emergency room,
triageria, pharmacy, and the only X-ray machine in northern Gaza.
Israel's military issued an evacuation warning before the strike.
Hospital nurse Nibala Boasser says doctors and patients scrambled to flee in the middle of the night.
She says a 10-year-old patient died after he was disconnected from oxygen supply.
After the strike, hundreds of patients seeking treatment crowded the closed hospital gates.
Palestinian health officials say more than 35 health centers in Gaza are out of service.
Israel has an active ban on medicine and supplies from entering Gaza, Anas Baba, and NPR News.
Gaza.