PHOTOS: 30,000 displaced Gazans take shelter at desolate Al-Shifa Hospital

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Hundreds of makeshift tents stand in a desolate landscape at the foot of Gaza City’s ruined Al-Shifa hospital, where at least 30,000 people have taken refuge between piles of rubble and waste after Israeli forces raided the medical facility last month, an AFP correspondent reported from the hospital.

Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP
Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP

Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP
Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP

Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP
Displaced Palestinians gather in the yard of Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP

Displaced Palestinians look out a window at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP
Displaced Palestinians look out a window at Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital on December 10, 2023, as Israel continues to attack various parts of the Gaza Strip. — AFP

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