The Israeli military battered Kamal Adwan Hospital on northern Gaza with heavy ground and aerial bombardment overnight Thursday into Friday, according to the director of the facility, who described it a “catastrophic” barrage.

Tonight was one of the most difficult nights we have faced,” the facility’s head said amid Israel’s months-long siege.

Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 58 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks, while the military said it targeted militants planning to hijack the vehicles.

Four doctors were killed at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged northern Gaza on Friday, after Israeli forces stormed the compound, killing and injuring dozens of people in areas surrounding the facility,