The health ministry of the Gaza Strip has announced the evacuation of a children’s hospital in the enclave’s east after it was shelled with white phosphorus munitions, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page (the social media owned by US corporation Meta that is outlawed as an extremist organization in Russia).

"Evacuation of Al-Durra Children’s Hospital in the east of the Gaza Strip after it was pounded with white phosphorus munitions," the health ministry said.

Earlier, Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international rights organization, accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions during its military operations in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. The report based on videos and eyewitness statements said: "Human Rights Watch verified videos taken in Lebanon and Gaza on October 10 and 11, 2023, respectively, showing multiple airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over the Gaza City port and two rural locations along the Israel-Lebanon border."