Victims are handled contained in the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia within the northern Gaza Strip, following Israeli strikes across the medical complicated on December 6, 2024, because the battle between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group continues. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse
GENEVA — An Israeli army operation Friday concentrating on Hamas militants close to the Kamal Adwan Hospital has put the final main well being facility in northern Gaza out of service, the World Well being Group mentioned.
“This morning’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital has put this final main well being facility in north Gaza out of service. Preliminary studies point out that some key departments had been severely burnt and destroyed in the course of the raid,” the WHO mentioned in a press release on X.
Israel’s army claimed in a press release that the hospital had change into “a key stronghold for terrorist organizations and continues for use as a hideout for terrorist operatives” since Israeli forces started broader operations in northern Gaza in October.
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The WHO mentioned 60 well being employees and 25 sufferers in a important situation, together with these on ventilators, reportedly stay within the hospital.
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The sufferers in average to extreme situation had been compelled to evacuate to the destroyed and non-functional Indonesian Hospital, the UN well being company mentioned, including that it was “deeply involved for his or her security”.
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“This raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital comes after escalating restrictions on entry for WHO and companions, and repeated assaults on or close to the power since early October,” the WHO mentioned.
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“Such hostilities and the raids are undoing all our efforts and assist to maintain the power minimal useful. The systematic dismantling of the well being system in Gaza is a demise sentence for tens of 1000’s of Palestinians in want of well being care.
“This horror should finish and well being care should be protected.”
The WHO reiterated its name for a ceasefire.
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Kamal Adwan Hospital is situated in Beit Lahia, a metropolis on the centre of an intense Israeli army operation aimed toward stopping Hamas from regrouping in northern Gaza.
