“Israel” killed 28 medical workers: Palestinian Health Ministry
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Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila has reported that 15 medical facilities have sustained damage due to Israeli airstrikes.
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An ambulance in Gaza that was transferring injured Palestinians to a hospital was targeted by an Israeli airstrike (Twitter)
Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila revealed that the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip since October 7th has resulted in the tragic killing of 28 medical personnel. Furthermore, many healthcare workers have also suffered injuries.
Al-Kaila reported that 15 medical facilities have sustained damage due to Israeli shelling. Beit Hanoun Hospital and Al-Durrah Children's Hospital have been forced to suspend their services, and 23 ambulance vehicles have been rendered non-operational, she added.
Another heartbreaking morning in Gaza, #IOF has just killed Dr Midhat Saidam, a senior plastic and burn surgeon at Shifa Hospital in #Gaza along with 30 of his family members as they targeted their home. Shame on #MedTwitter community that remains silent #NotATarget pic.twitter.com/IoQuZNzZSU
— Osaid Alser, MD, MSc(Oxon) 🗝 🇵🇸 (@OsaidesserMD) October 14, 2023
Al-Kaila stressed that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) consistently threatened to bomb Gaza's hospitals and issued orders to forcibly displace patients and staff, posing a direct risk to the lives of numerous patients and the injured.
Dr. Yousef Abu-Al Rish, Deputy Minister of Health
— WHO in occupied Palestinian territory (@WHOoPt) October 15, 2023
describes the dire situation at hospitals in📍Gaza @WHO calls for Israel to immediately reverse evacuation orders to hospitals in northern Gaza, which are a death sentence for the sick and injured.#NotATarget
🔊SOUND ON pic.twitter.com/yjtWLgSdKb
Israeli occupation warplanes targeted the Arab National Hospital in #Gaza with missiles. pic.twitter.com/s6RpAG0Y3m
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) October 15, 2023
Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza |
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) October 15, 2023
Israeli warplanes bombed Al-Ahli Alarabi Hospital in Gaza specialized in diagnostic cancer department .Direct hit led to the severe damage to the Ultra Sound & Mammography wards.
4 medical teams were injured according to Don Binder pic.twitter.com/ItMwtZntnr
It is worth noting that Al-Durrah Children's Hospital had to be evacuated after being targeted with internationally banned white phosphorus munitions, while Beit Hanoun Hospital was also forced to cease operations due to Israeli shelling.
She reiterated her urgent plea to the international community, the United Nations, human rights organizations, and global humanitarian bodies to provide immediate protection for hospitals, medical facilities, ambulances, healthcare workers, patients, and the injured, all of whom are subjected to daily Israeli shelling.
🚨 The Israeli occupation killed 10 paramedics and injured 27 other paramedics with various wounds and destroyed 23 ambulances since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against the #Gaza Strip. #Palestine #Gazagenocide pic.twitter.com/W8wMntfsy0
— DOAM (@doamuslims) October 15, 2023
Remaining fuel only to supply hospitals for few hours: Chief of Nurses
Chief of Nurses and Nursing Supervisor of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Dakran, warned of the complete collapse of the health sector across the Strip as "Israel" continues its genocidal bombing of residential buildings, medical crews, and infrastructure in Gaza.
In statements to Al Mayadeen, al-Dakran said that "the quantities of fuel available in Gaza hospitals are sufficient for limited hours," warning that hospitals will be out of service due to fuel shortage, indicating a health disaster in the Strip.
The heavy bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli Occupation Forces resulted in several injuries and martyrs greater than what hospitals in Gaza could accommodate.
As such, al-Dakaran called on the international community to pressure the occupation to open humanitarian corridors to transport critical situations and receive aid.
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