2023-11-11 22:13:18
Gaza Strip
Largest hospital has to stop operations
The Shifa Hospital in Gaza is no longer in operation, according to a doctor and the Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the Islamist Hamas.
Updated11. November 2023, 11:13 p.m
As a doctor reports, the majority of the staff have left Shifa Hospital.
According to the doctor, only one clinic in the Gaza Strip is now in operation.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that 20 of the 36 hospitals in the coastal area were currently no longer in operation.
According to reports, Shifa Hospital, the largest clinic in Gaza, is no longer in operation.
According to a doctor, there is no more electricity.
The information might not initially be independently verified.
According to a doctor and the Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the Islamist Hamas, the largest clinic in the Gaza Strip is no longer in operation. “There is no more electricity,” said the doctor at the Shifa Hospital, Ghassan Abu Sitta, to the German Press Agency on Saturday. Rockets also hit the site. “The majority of the staff have left the hospital.” The injured people who might have left. According to him, seriously injured people are still being cared for by a core medical team. The information might not initially be independently verified.
According to the doctor, only one clinic in the Gaza Strip, the Al-Ahli Hospital, is now in operation. The area there was converted into a hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that 20 of the 36 hospitals in the coastal area were currently no longer in operation. The remaining clinics only ran in emergency mode due to a lack of fuel, among other things. The clinics need fuel for generators to produce electricity.
Fighting near the hospital
In recent days there have been reports of heavy fighting near Shifa Hospital. The director of the clinic spoke of “Israeli attacks” on the clinic’s buildings. Israel’s army blamed Hamas for direct shelling. Accordingly, a misfired Hamas projectile, which is said to have been aimed at Israeli troops nearby, is said to have hit the clinic. The information provided by both sides might not initially be independently verified.
According to Israeli intelligence services, Hamas, which rules in the coastal area, is using the Shifa clinic as a command and control center. This information cannot currently be independently verified.
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