Complete power outage reported at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
Al Jazeera’s correspondent has reported a complete power outage at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Quds News Network also reported the news and shared a video on X showing the electricity blackout.
Complete power outage at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. pic.twitter.com/LvwOl7w823
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 26, 2024
Heavy clashes around Nasser Hospital
Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Haddad has posted a video on his Instagram showing the Khan Younis hospital, in which the sounds of frequent gunfire and explosions can be heard. He said that a large number of Palestinians in the surrounding areas have fled under the order of the Israeli army and that residents are fearful that an all-out assault on the area is imminent.
Doctors Without Borders says there is ‘no longer a healthcare system’ in Gaza
The group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has said that vital medical services “have collapsed” at Nasser Hospital, the largest functioning health facility in Gaza.
In a statement on Friday, MSF said that there is “no longer a healthcare system in Gaza” and reiterated calls for a ceasefire.
“Most of the hospital’s staff, along with thousands of displaced people who had sought shelter in the hospital, fled in the days leading up to the evacuation order of the surrounding areas by Israeli forces,” the statement reads, adding that between 300 and 350 patients remain in Nasser because evacuation efforts are too dangerous and there are no remaining ambulances.
“These patients have war-related injuries such as open wounds, lacerations from explosions, fractures, and burns,” the statement adds.
There is no longer a healthcare system in #Gaza https://t.co/LDYWiION40
— MSF International (@MSF) January 26, 2024
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill several civilians, Palestinian news agency says
Wafa reports that Israeli attacks on the southern city of Rafah have killed at least one man and wounded many others. The man was killed when a bomb hit a group of tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, the news agency said.
Elsewhere in central Gaza, Wafa reports, Israeli air strikes killed at least three Palestinians.
Site of Israeli strikes on a mosque and houses, as Palestinians inspect damage, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 25, 2024
