Witnesses said dozens of airstrikes and artillery shells hit the area around the facility.
Hamas's government media office said Israeli airstrikes covered the retreating vehicles.
Israel holds largest protest against Netanyahu government since war began
Israel holds largest protest against Netanyahu government since war began
The government previously said 200 militants were killed in fighting in and around al-Shifa.
The military also released footage showing weapons and cash seized from a hospital used by Hamas and another militant group, Islamic Jihad.
Hamas denies any activity from al-Shifa or other medical facilities.
“Dozens of bodies were found in and around Al Shifa Medical Complex, some of them decomposed,” the Health Ministry said in a statement.
“The Israeli military evacuated the medical complex after burning down the complex's buildings and rendering them completely unusable,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
“The scale of destruction of the buildings in and around the housing complex is extremely large.''
An Agence France-Presse reporter at the scene said several buildings in the complex were damaged and some areas showed signs of fire damage.
Doctors said more than 20 bodies were recovered, some crushed by retreating vehicles.
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans have been displaced by the war, and hundreds had taken refuge in the al-Shifa complex before the operation began.
Republican lawmakers threaten nuclear attack on Gaza and end aid
Republican lawmakers threaten nuclear attack on Gaza and end aid
Israeli forces first stormed al-Shifa in November, but said the militants had since returned.
Early Monday morning, other parts of the Gaza Strip were hit by deadly airstrikes, and fighting intensified at multiple flashpoints across the Strip.
The Health Ministry announced Monday that at least 60 people died in the Gaza Strip overnight.
According to official Israeli statistics from Agence France-Presse, the war broke out after Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel, resulting in the deaths of approximately 1,160 people in Israel, mostly civilians.
At least 32,782 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli retaliatory operations, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The Israeli military announced on Monday that 600 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the start of the war.
During the October 7 attack, Palestinian militants also took approximately 250 Israeli and foreign hostages.
Israel believes about 130 hostages remain in the Gaza Strip, 34 of whom are presumed dead.
The war has destroyed much of Gaza, including some medical facilities, and sparked warnings of famine among civilians.
A March 25 U.N. Security Council resolution called for an “immediate ceasefire” and the release of all hostages held by the militants, but the binding resolution curbs fighting, including in and around hospitals. I haven't been able to do that.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post on social media platform He said he did.
The Israeli military denies that the hospital has been damaged, telling the We attacked the command center and the terrorists.”
Tensions have risen between Israel and its main backer, the United States, over the soaring civilian death toll, particularly over Israel's threat to send ground forces to Rafah, a city in the crowded far south of Gaza. ing.
Some 1.4 million people evacuated from elsewhere in the Gaza Strip have taken refuge in Rafah, the only part of the region not yet occupied by Israeli forces.
Nevertheless, Washington has approved billions of dollars worth of bombs and fighter jets for Israel in recent days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous officials.
Will Israel rebel against the US and press ahead with the attack on Rafah after the UN ceasefire vote?
Will Israel rebel against the US and press ahead with the attack on Rafah after the UN ceasefire vote?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undergone “successful” hernia surgery, the prime minister's office announced on Monday.
Doctors discovered the hernia during a routine checkup on Saturday, and Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Yariv Levin performed the surgery on Netanyahu's behalf.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has repeatedly vowed to crush Hamas and bring all hostages home, is facing increasing pressure from Israel to release hostages captured by the militants on October 7.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Jerusalem for the second night in a row on Sunday, demanding the release of hostages held in Gaza and further efforts to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Demonstrators earlier gathered in front of Israel's parliament, lighting fires and waving Israeli flags, before blocking major roads in the city.
Meanwhile, aid vessels were setting sail from the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus as part of a small convoy carrying 400 tonnes of food to alleviate the suffering of Gaza's 2.4 million people.
Foreign powers have stepped up airdrops of aid, but United Nations agencies and charities have warned this falls far short of urgent needs, saying trucks are the most efficient means of delivering aid. It is claimed that.