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IOF storm Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, set fire to premises

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  • Source: Agencies + Al Mayadeen
  • 27 Dec 2024 15:09
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Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza notes that with the targeting of Kamal Adwan Hospital, all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip have gone out of service.

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  • A Palestinian man uses a mattress to pull away a victim following Israeli strikes around the Kamal Adwan hospital on December 6, 2024. (AFP)
    A Palestinian man uses a mattress to pull away a victim following Israeli strikes around the Kamal Adwan hospital on December 6, 2024 (AFP)

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) conducted Friday a harrowing assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, setting five of its sections on fire after raiding it, abducting patients and medical staff, and forcing them to strip.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the fire had begun spreading to all buildings of the hospital, adding that the occupation forces burned the operations and surgery sections, as well as the laboratory, maintenance, and emergency units.

In an alarming escalation, the IOF launched an airstrike in the vicinity of the hospital, after storming its premises and forcibly displacing 300 patients. Many of these patients, who were dependent on life-saving medical devices, were left in the open, exposed to the harsh cold, further endangering their fragile health.

IOF also thoroughly searched the patients and medical staff, adding to the trauma.

Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza has been under severe Israeli attacks since the start of "Israel's" war on #Gaza.

On December 27, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the hospital and searched the wounded and patients after forcing them out into the courtyard.#AlMayadeen's… pic.twitter.com/YVmaHWW5KX

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) December 27, 2024

After forcibly displacing the patients and hospital staff, the IOF abducted the patients, along with residents from surrounding areas, and gathered them in the yard of al-Fakhoura School amid harsh weather conditions.

The move has been condemned as a grave violation of international humanitarian law, highlighting the Israeli military's disregard for the sanctity of medical facilities and the welfare of the vulnerable in Gaza.

Inevitable fate northern Gaza people will be death

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza noted that with the targeting of Kamal Adwan Hospital, all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip have gone out of service.

On his part, the director of hospitals in the Gaza Strip underlined that "the free world must intervene immediately to stop the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip," pointing out that medical staff are being subjected to abuse by Israeli forces in various hospitals across the strip that they are storming.

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The suspension of services at Kamal Adwan Hospital deprives the people of northern Gaza of medical care, the director said, warning that under the current situation, the inevitable fate of the people in the area will be death.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, received a clear threat from the occupation that he will be arrested this time.

Hamas condemns the attack as a war crime

In response to the latest Israeli assault, Hamas condemned the actions as a "war crime" added to a growing list of atrocities committed by "Israel" against the Palestinian people. The group slammed the international community for its continued inaction on protecting civilians and medical facilities.

It further accused the US of complicity in the ongoing aggression, calling the Israeli military’s actions “Zionist war crimes” committed amid global silence.

The movement held the Israeli occupation and the US administration fully responsible for the lives of patients, the injured, and the medical staff working in the hospital. This follows their complete isolation from means of communication and reports of abuse, the arrest of several individuals, and their transfer to an unknown location.

Hamas urged the international community, including the United Nations, to break its silence and take immediate action to halt the Israeli ongoing genocide in Gaza. The group called for measures to ensure accountability for the Israeli entity's atrocities, demanding that Israeli officials face justice for their crimes against humanity.

IOF target al-Awda Hospital with direct gunfire

In yet another attack on hospitals in Gaza, IOF fired on the al-Awda Hospital and its surrounding areas in northern Gaza earlier today. The bombardment followed the detonation of a remote-controlled explosive device near the facility in the early morning hours.

Concurrently, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has confirmed the death of Dr. Ahmed al-Zaharneh, a physician at the European Gaza Hospital, who passed away due to the extremely cold conditions in Gaza, with his body discovered in his tent in the Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Over 10 Palestinians killed in ongoing Israeli airstrikes

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that more than 10 Palestinians have been killed, with at least 30 others injured, most of them women and children, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since the early hours of Friday morning, amid intensified attacks on the northern part of the Strip.

Among the targeted areas was the Halawah land in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza, where several Palestinians were injured. Additionally, Israeli forces targeted a home in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, killing five Palestinians and injuring three others.

In the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, another home was hit. However, Civil Defense teams were unable to reach the site to rescue the injured, as the occupation had previously and categorically refused any coordination with the Red Cross.

The scale of destruction and loss of life continues to escalate as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, with medical and civilian facilities increasingly under attack.

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