Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya left his family home on Friday to work as the hospital's director in Al-Shifa. He was still on duty when the bodies of six family members arrived a day later.
The doctor added that several generations had been living together in his home in the Al Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, when an Israeli airstrike hit it.
"This is our family's residence. Abu Salmiya told CNN, "My brother, two of my brother's sons, my nephew's wife, and two of their children were martyred."
Six individuals were killed and seven others, including the hospital director's sister, niece, and nephews, were injured in the attack on Abu Salmiya's family home, he claimed.
The Israel Defense Forces have been contacted by CNN for comment regarding the strikes' target.
Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, the Director General of Gaza's Ministry of Health, posted a video of a distraught Abu Salmiya kneeling among his family members' bodies at the hospital while still wearing his medical scrubs.
Al-Bursh posted on social media, saying, "We pray that God grants patience and strength to his heart and the hearts of his family."
According to Gaza's civil defense, they found three bodies and evacuated four injured individuals from the house in the northern shore region of Gaza.
There is still a missing person buried beneath the debris. The civil defense claimed, "Our crews are attempting to get to him and retrieve him."
The most recent attack occurs as international condemnation of Israel's ambitions to seize Gaza City grows. Israel has begun tearing down high-rise structures in the city, and tens of thousands have been escaping.
The largest city in Gaza, according to Israel, is still a Hamas stronghold. The military wing of the group released a picture of the Israeli prisoners it still has in custody and warned that Israel has no possibility of rescuing them from Gaza City due to the incursion.
Since the beginning of its ground campaign in Gaza City, Israel's military claimed to have hit over 120 "terrorist targets" on Saturday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced in a statement that during the course of several days of combat, Israeli troops had "located submachine guns and ammunition hidden in civilian structures" and found tunnel shafts and underground routes. Additionally, it asserted that it had "eliminated more than 30 terrorists."
"Creating a corridor to enable the movement of the civilian population southward for their safety" was another statement made by the IDF.
The remark was made in response to images of the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that struck a vehicle carrying displaced persons on Al-Shifa Street, west of Gaza City, which were posted by Palestinians on social media and geolocated by CNN.
At least 90 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. The city's Al-Shifa Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Jordanian Hospital, and Al-Quds Hospital all reported the deaths.
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