The Government Media Office in Gaza described "Israel's" forcing of the European Hospital in eastern Khan Younis to evacuate and cease operations as a "humanitarian crisis" that is exacerbating the already dire health crisis in the Strip, taking it to an unprecedented level, as it threatens the lives of thousands of patients and wounded individuals.

In a statement, the Media Office underlined that the Israeli occupation is committing a "historic crime" by issuing orders and maps that force the European Hospital and hundreds of medical staff in eastern Khan Younis in the southern part of the Strip to evacuate and leave the hospital, placing it within the "red target zone."

The statement pointed out that this new crime comes in continuation of the Israeli occupation’s deliberate targeting of hospitals, according to a premeditated plan aimed at creating a humanitarian and health crisis in the Strip.

The Media Office noted that the Israeli occupation has caused 34 hospitals to go out of service, the latest being the European Hospital, which was forced to cease operations, deepening the humanitarian and health crisis in the Gaza Strip.

It added that the latest development will significantly increase the pressure on the remaining medical staff and health centers, especially on the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central governorate, which is the only hospital still in service with double the number of patients and wounded inside it.

Over 800 medical staff have been detained or killed

Meanwhile, the Government Media Office in Gaza condemned the ongoing Israeli crime, witnessed before the entire world, of forcing the European Hospital out of service without any intervention to stop this massacre.

The statement stressed that the lack of a strong and decisive stance from the international community against the invasion of hospitals, their shutdown, and targeting them with bombings and missiles has encouraged the Israeli occupation to pursue its crimes against the health sector, resulting in the execution of more than 500 medical staff and the detention of 310 others so far, in addition to crimes of targeting, raiding, and destroying medical facilities and centers.

The Media Office held the Israeli occupation, the US administration as a real partner in this aggression, and the international community fully responsible for the continuation of these massacres and crimes against the health sector, hospitals, medical staff, the wounded, and patients.

It called on the international community and all international and UN organizations to immediately intervene and put pressure on the Israeli occupation to stop the genocide and halt the targeting of hospitals and their shutdown, as this unprecedentedly aggravates the humanitarian situation.

Elsewhere, the Government Media Office in Gaza emphasized that the failure of the international community and organizations to restrain the Israeli occupation in this regard encourages it to continue its crimes against the health sector and hospitals in the Strip.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Strip since October 7 has risen to 37,925 martyrs and those injured 87,141.

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