Israeli fighter jets struck medical warehouses near a hospital in the central Gaza Strip early Saturday, destroying at least half of the facilities and extensively damaging nearby tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, witnesses said.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the Israeli army targeted the warehouses next to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, completely destroying two of them and the critical medical supplies within and setting fire to dozens of tents erected nearby.

The attack caused fear and panic among patients, displaced people, and residents in the vicinity of the hospital, they added.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

According to the witnesses, the Israeli army issued an evacuation warning for the area only minutes before the strike.