DUBAI, November 10. /TASS/. Thousands of refugees are staying in the Gaza Strip hospitals that have been surrounded by Israeli forces, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila told Al Arabiya television.

"Several thousand internally displaced people are staying in hospitals that have been encircled in Gaza City," she said.

Al Arabiya reported earlier that the Israeli military had surrounded at least four medical institutions in Gaza, including Al Rantisi Children's Hospital and a mental health center.