'Israel' threatens 3 north Gaza hospitals: Evacuation or bombardment

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: News Websites
9 Oct 2024 02:20
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Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and the Indonesian Hospitals in northern Gaza have been contacted by the Israeli occupation to evacuate all residents off the premises amid threats of direct bombardment.

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Wounded Palestinians surrounded by their families and medical staff are treated on the corridor’s floors for the lack of room capacity at the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza on December 6, 2023. (Social media)

The Israeli occupation regime is threatening three hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate all medical personnel, patients, and displaced individuals and families, as it continues its savage onslaught that particularly targets the most vulnerable.

Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and the Indonesian Hospitals in northern Gaza, which shelter and treat at least 700,000 Palestinians, including thousands of critical patients and an overwhelming number of women, children, and elderly, have received threatening calls from the Israeli occupation forces to evacuate the premises.

Should they remain on hospital grounds, the IOF warned that all individuals would be direct targets and under Israeli bombardment.

Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya, Director of Kamal Adwan Medical Complex: “The occupation is explicitly threatening us, giving us 24 hours to completely evacuate the hospital of patients, medical staff, and everyone present. This is a dangerous measure that threatens the collapse of the… pic.twitter.com/FI4SAOMrL4
— Khaled Yousry (@KhaledYousry22) October 8, 2024

The Israeli occupation military has declared northern Gaza a military zone, intensifying its bombardment and invasion of its towns. Last month, Israeli Minister of Diaspora, Amichai Chikli, proposed a plan for the occupation of areas in the northern Gaza Strip and the ethnic cleansing of its residents.

Chikli proposed the establishment of another corridor extending from the northeastern line separating '48 Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories from the Gaza Strip toward the northeastern coast of the Gaza Strip.

In current terms, this would include two large Palestinian towns, which are Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia.

According to statistics released in 2017, nearly 89,838 Palestinians resided in Beit Lahia while another 52,237 resided in Beit Hanoun.

Carte blanche for execution

Gaza's Government Media Office issued a statement revealing that the Israeli occupation has begun besieging Kamal Adwan Hospital, targeting its administration with direct fire, and blocked all fuel from arriving to its premises, jeopardizing its operations.

Expressing its utmost rejection of the systematic Israeli destruction of the healthcare sector in Gaza, the Media Office urged the international community to immediately mobilize and protect the northern district's main hospitals, before the scenario of Al-Shifa Medical Complex is repeated, and everyone inside, be it medical personnel, civilians, and patients, are executed.

The United States and the Israeli occupation are held responsible for the destruction of the Gazan healthcare sector.

Hamas slammed the evacuations and warnings as a blatant violation of international laws and a criminal attempt to implement the displacement plans pursued by the fascist occupation government.

"This terrorist threat to the hospitals, and the demand to evacuate them under the pressure of bombardment, aggression, and direct targeting, amounts to a death sentence for the thousands of patients and wounded within them, including women, the elderly, and children."

However, Hamas affirmed that the people and Resistance of Gaza will remain steadfast and continue fighting off the occupiers despite and in spite of the continued aggression against the Strip's shelters, homes, and hospitals, reiterating the Palestinian right to self-determination and liberation.