Hospitals in northern Gaza go out of service: Gaza Health Ministry
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The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, reveals the catastrophic situation in the hospitals in northern Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli aggression.
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A man brings an injured baby into Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza following an Israeli airstrike on October 12. (AFP via Getty Images)
The Israeli occupation is shelling Al-Shifa Hospital and destroying some of its wards, besieging the sole kidney dialysis hospital in Gaza for the second day, and positioning itself in its courtyard, according to Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra.
About 120 patients were evacuated from the Indonesian Hospital to Nasser Hospital, but there are still 400 wounded, 2000 displaced, and 200 doctors and technicians in the Indonesian Hospital, according to the Health Ministry spokesperson.
In this context, al-Qudra called for the provision of a safe passage to evacuate hundreds of wounded and for the entry of necessities and medical delegations into the Gaza Strip.
He emphasized that the hospitals in northern Gaza are completely out of service, while the occupancy rate in Gaza hospitals reached 190%.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he also reported the heart-wrenching martyrdom of at least 17 members of Dr. Abdel Latif Al-Haj's family in the shelling that targeted his house in Al-Nusairat camp.
The spokesperson of the Palestinian Health Ministry further warned that the Israeli occupation is besieging the Indonesian Hospital, while there are 50 martyrs in front of the hospital square and 15 among its departments.
Palestinian mothers bid farewell to their sons who were killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza. 21.11.23 pic.twitter.com/oW38rV0wFc
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) November 21, 2023
He also stated that there are 650 injured in the Indonesian Hospital in need of immediate surgical operations.
Only in Gaza: A war on hospitals
The correspondent of Al Mayadeen reported that 60 bodies were buried inside the corridors of the Indonesian Hospital because the Israeli occupation forces had been targeting anybody who moved around the hospital or inside it.
Israeli tanks are now besieging the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/GXW7z3T1BU
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 21, 2023
In the same context, the director of the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah, Saheeb al-Hamsh, told Al Mayadeen that the southern provinces of the sector are experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe in every sense of the word, confirming that Rafah province "lacks hospital beds and intensive care."
'Israel' bombs Gaza, targeting last operating hospitals
Another day of intense Israeli airstrikes unfolded across the Gaza Strip, commencing with multiple air strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp. The attacks persisted in the northern region, targeting two residential houses in the Jabalia refugee camp, resulting in the tragic killing of approximately 20 Palestinians and injuring several others, many of whom are children and women, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.
Concurrently, Israeli occupation forces extended their strikes to a UN school-turned-shelter for Palestinian families in al-Falouja area in northern Gaza. The onslaught included a series of airstrikes in various northern areas of the Gaza Strip, reducing nine residential buildings to rubble in the Jabalia refugee camp and the Beit Lahia project in the northern part of the territory.
Simultaneously, telecommunication services in Gaza City and its northern areas faced near-total disruption following Israeli airstrikes on communication towers. The intensity of Israeli bombardment heightened around the Indonesian Hospital and Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, the night brought continuous Israeli air attacks on the Bureij refugee camp, Rafah, Gaza City, and other areas.
Yes, you read that number right, more than 13,300 Palestinians were murdered in just 45 days.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 21, 2023
The Israeli occupation continues to butcher civilians in the #Gaza Strip under the pretext of targeting Resistance fighters and sites.
The so-called international community stands idly… pic.twitter.com/ALmpN8EH3E
It is worth noting that the Israeli genocide has resulted in a devastating toll, with more than 13,300 people killed in Gaza in just 45 days.
