Victims were still under the rubble, with rescuers unable to reach them, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said.

Israeli tanks have surrounded a Gaza hospital, its director told CNN, as strikes reportedly hit the vicinity of other healthcare facilities in the Strip, heightening fears Friday that Israel’s military campaign is further endangering patients and medical staff in the besieged territory.

Israeli Defense Forces have reportedly surrounded Gaza City’s biggest hospital, which they say sits on top of an underground Hamas command center. Heavy fighting near the al-Shifa Hospital took place Friday and Israeli forces said it had killed dozens of militants and destroyed some of Hamas’ notorious terror tunnels where they harbor leaders and stash weapons,