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The offensive against health care continues
This key hospital in southern Gaza can no longer conduct surgeries, Palestine Red Crescent says
An Israeli tank is seen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli army ordered people to immediately evacuate certain parts of the city on January 29
The surgical ward at Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza has "completely ceased operations" amid the ongoing shelling, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said. The aid agency said the operations ceased as of 2 p.m. local time and attributed it to depletion of oxygen supplies.
Israeli forces continued to surround the hospital for the eight consecutive day, with shelling and gunfire underway in the hospital's vicinity, the PRCS said. Three of the displaced people sheltering at Al Amal had been killed and four injured, the agency added. Emergency teams could not reach others who had been killed or injured.
Israeli forces had warned residents to evacuate areas in the Al-Amal neighborhood and the areas near the hospital, prompting many families to approach the hospital because they think they would be safer there, PRCS spokesperson Nebal Farsakh told CNN.
Update from Nasser Hospital
Ahmed Moghrabi, head of the plastic and burns department at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has given Al Jazeera an update of the situation there. Here’s what the Palestinian physician said:
- I can hear [Israeli] bombing very close; the building is shaking all the time. Glass from the window smashed and we put a nylon to cover the window.
- I’m the only surgeon here in the hospital in my speciality, plastics and reconstructive surgery. We have only two or three orthopaedic doctors and two general surgeons, that’s all. If there’s no medical supplies, or no food or no clean water.
- I told my family – they are staying in the hospital with me – I told them don’t eat too much; if you can eat once a day, do that please.
- If Israeli forces start to move into the hospital, the patients will remain in their beds until they die; it’s like an execution sentence. We have many patients in the main ICU, many that need surgery; all of them will die if they don’t have proper care.
Palestinian women giving birth in plastic tents: MSF
Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) says displaced women in Gaza are living and giving birth in deplorable conditions, including in public buildings and tents. “Those who manage to deliver in a hospital often return to their makeshift shelters mere hours after undergoing a Caesarean [section],” MSF said.
Israeli air attacks kill dozens of civilians in Gaza City: Report
At least 25 civilians have been killed in Israeli shelling of the Hamada family’s home in Gaza City’s Tuffah neighbourhood, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing eyewitnesses. Israeli drones have been carrying out constant surveillance of the northern, central and southern Gaza Strip, the local sources told Wafa.
Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in occupied West Bank in 24 hours: Report
Thaer Naeem Hamo, 21, was shot in the abdomen by Israeli soldiers in Jenin. He was taken to al-Hadaf Medical Center, where doctors treated him but failed to save him, according to the Wafa news agency. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Moataz Mahmoud Atbeish, 30, was killed during confrontations with Israeli forces in the town of Dura, south of Hebron.
Moments later, the ministry statement said, Muhannad Ismail al-Fasfous, 18, succumbed to wounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire in Dura. The director of the municipality of Tuqu, Tayseer Abu Mufarreh, told Wafa that Rani Yasser Khalaf al-Shaer, 16, was shot dead during confrontations that broke out in the Khirbet al-Deir area. Obaida Hassan Abdel Rahman Hamed, 18, was killed by Israeli forces in the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, security sources told Wafa.
Gaza death toll rises to 26,637: Healthy Ministry
The ministry also says 65,387 people have been injured in Israeli attacks since October 7. It says the Israeli military has killed 215 people in the past 24 hours. The high number of casualties comes days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza.
