2023-12-17 05:36:15
Video footage emerged of Israeli soldiers storming a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip over the past few days, leaving behind destruction and chaos amid conflicting accounts of the events, according to Archyde.com.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that Israeli forces forced hundreds of displaced people who took refuge in Kamal Adwan Hospital to leave, and also transferred wounded patients and medical staff to the hospital yard.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at the weekend, citing reports from the ministry, that he was “extremely concerned” regarding the situation in the hospital.
The Israeli army said that Hamas was using the hospital as a “command and control center” and that soldiers arrested regarding 80 fighters before leaving the site on Saturday.
Earlier, the authorities in Gaza said that Israel arrested regarding 70 medical staff during the raid.
The activity in the area of the Kamal Adowan hospital, which was used as a compound for Hamas in Jabaliya, was completed; Weapons were found in the operation and regarding 90 terrorists were arrested.
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— IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) December 16, 2023
On the other hand, the World Health Organization said on Saturday that it participated in a joint United Nations mission to deliver health supplies to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza and assess the situation there.
The organization added that the team delivered medicines, surgical equipment, orthopedic tools, anesthetics, and drugs to the hospital, which is “currently operating at minimum” operational capacity.
She called for continuing to facilitate access to it to meet urgent needs in northern Gaza.
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