Casualties from Israeli strikes overwhelm Gaza City medics4 hours ago Share Save Jon Donnison Correspondent, Jerusalem and Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent, Istanbul Share SaveWatch: Australian doctors describe 'horrific' conditions in Gaza's last remaining hospitalDoctors at one of Gaza City's last functioning hospitals say they are overwhelmed with casualties from Israeli strikes and are having to carry out operations in filthy conditions with few or no anaesthetics. Israeli forces are now just 500m (1,640ft) away from the hospital as they expand their ground offensive to fully occupy Gaza City, which Israel's military calls Hamas's "main stronghold". Israeli air and artillery strikes, attacks by quadcopter drones and detonations of remotely driven vehicles laden with explosives continue to drive tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes each day. Reuters Some of the Palestinians killed during the Israeli offensive in Gaza City are being buried in the grounds of al-Shifa hospitalAl-Shifa hospital was once the biggest medical complex in the Gaza Strip. Many of the beds do not even have mattresses, medicines are in short supply and the casualties are endless.