Dozens of patients and the wounded have been evacuated for treatment outside the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations says Israel’s attacks on and around hospitals have pushed health care to the brink of collapse.

The evacuation has highlighted the escalating humanitarian crisis, with thousands of Palestinians needing urgent care outside the besieged territory.View on euronews

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip around several Palestinian hospitals.

Human rights groups have reported on cases of alleged torture and ill-treatment of medical staff from Gaza in Israeli detention.

The WHO says Israel has systematically destroyed the health care system in northern Gaza with the Kamal Adwan Hospital now out of service.

The Israeli negotiation team will return to Israel from Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday after a "significant week of conducting negotiations" regarding a ceasefire and hostage deal, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said in a statement.