Two women, one of whom is a doctor working at Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was forcibly evacuated of patients and doctors by the army forces and burned and destroyed in the northern Gaza Strip, recount horrific details about the conditions of their detention, where they and other women and men were subjected to beatings, humiliation and stripping of their clothes.

The women who reached Gaza City, the closest to the north of the Strip, walked more than 8 kilometers in harsh conditions.

Yesterday, Friday, the government media office in the Gaza Strip announced that the Israeli army had burned and destroyed Kamal Adwan Hospital, putting it out of service, and taking medical crews and wounded people to an unknown location.

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Dr. Shorouk Al-Rantisi, who was forced to flee Kamal Adwan Hospital after the army stormed it, said: “We were surprised by the army’s siege of the hospital and its burning of the archives, as the fire spread to the rest of the departments.”

She added to Anadolu Agency: "We informed the army to evacuate the hospital, and the injured who could walk were asked to leave the place. We later left with part of the medical staff and walked a very long distance on foot."

She pointed out that the army "separated the men from the women, then took us in groups, forced us to take off our clothes, and those who refused to take off their clothes were beaten. They also confiscated mobile phones."

She added that the soldiers forced the women to take off their clothes as they did with the men, in a scene full of mockery and ridicule.

The doctor confirmed that the soldiers conducted thorough searches, then made them sit for between one and two hours before allowing them to walk long distances.

She continued: "There was constant surveillance from a military jeep in front of us and another behind us until they left us in an area near Gaza City."

She pointed out that "we do not know anything about the rest of the people who were in the hospital, but there are about 25 to 30 people who were requested by the army and no one knows their fate anymore."

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Citizen Maha Masoud described what happened to Anadolu Agency, saying: “At midnight, the Israeli army began a military operation around the hospital, and at dawn, the soldiers stormed it and forced us to leave it at gunpoint.”

She said, "The occupation soldiers began calling from inside their tanks for Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, the hospital director, to evacuate the place of patients, medical staff and displaced persons."

"They asked everyone to go out to the square, without any consideration for our humanitarian conditions," Masoud, who was displaced inside the hospital, added.

She explained that the hospital was completely evacuated, and those present were transferred to a nearby area under harsh conditions and in the extreme cold.

She continued: "They did not take into account our humanitarian situation, but rather treated us brutally. The soldiers assaulted us, asked the women to remove their veils, and stripped the men of their clothes and assaulted them without any mercy."

Regarding their exit from the northern Gaza Strip, Masoud indicated that Israeli tanks accompanied the displaced people all the way from the time they left the hospital until they reached the nearest point on the outskirts of Gaza City.

"The soldiers warned us not to look back during the march," she said.

"I saw great destruction in all the areas we passed through on the way," Masoud added.

She added: "On the way out, there were children, disabled people and injured people crying from the intensity of the pain and the difficulty of the situation, but the soldiers did not care about their condition and did not provide them with any assistance."

Regarding their siege inside the hospital, she said that they suffered from hunger, lack of water, and severe siege, noting that they refused to leave despite the harsh conditions, until the Israeli army forced them to do so by force.

The military operation included arrests of medical staff, patients and displaced persons. Among the detainees were journalist Mohammed Al-Sharif and his father, who were besieged inside the hospital.

Al-Sharif was known for his continuous coverage of the Israeli genocide in northern Gaza despite the risks.

Duaa Al-Sharif, the sister of journalist Mohammed, confirmed on her Facebook account that the Israeli army arrested her brother and father from inside Kamal Adwan Hospital.

The army acknowledged in its statement the evacuation of the hospital's patients, staff and surrounding residents through what it called "specific evacuation routes."

More than once, displaced people said that they were being targeted, killed and arrested on the evacuation routes and roads designated by the Israeli army, and that it also set up military and security checkpoints for inspection.