In the morning hours of Dec. 27, Israeli army forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital compound in Beit Lahiya, culminating a nearly week-long siege of the last functioning hospital in northern Gaza. Soldiers forcibly moved patients out of Kamal Adwan to the Indonesian Hospital further south in the city,

Israeli forces carrying out a weeks-long offensive in northern Gaza ordered any residents remaining in Beit Hanoun to leave the town on Sunday, citing Palestinian militant rocket fire from the area, residents said.

In a statement to ABC News, the Israel Defense Forces said it “operates against terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in the area of Jabalia and continued its operations over the last day" and is "unaware" of a strike in the area of the hospital.

Israeli forces conducting a prolonged offensive in northern Gaza ordered the remaining residents of Beit Hanoun to evacuate Sunday, according to

The hospital, Kamal Adwan, has been caught in the middle of Israel’s monthslong offensive against Hamas militants in northern Gaza.

The IDF identified that approximately five projectiles were fired from the northern Gaza Strip into Israel on Sunday afternoon, the military said shortly after the incident. It added that two projectiles were intercepted,