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SvennoJ on 22 March 2024
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Looks like Israel is going to destroy (the rest of) Al-Shifa hospital.

Israel demands surrender of people remaining inside al-Shifa Hospital

The Israeli army has told people remaining inside the besieged al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to surrender themselves. Witnesses at the scene told Al Jazeera the issue was ordered to hundreds trapped inside as sounds of heavy gunfire and explosions continue to rock the area.

The Israeli military previously ordered people inside al-Shifa Hospital to evacuate despite intense battles going on inside and outside the last operational health facility in northern Gaza.


Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital and others at ‘breaking point’: UN

The UN’s top aid official in the occupied Palestinian territories, Jamie McGoldrick, described the dire situation after a mission to the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

“They’re really struggling to provide the services required for the patients coming in, especially children,” he said “But there’s also a lot of trauma patients coming in. Many coming in from the food distributions where there’s been a lot of injuries,” he added in reference to repeated Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid-seekers.

McGoldrick said after the Israeli raids on the al-Shifa Hospital in central Gaza that started earlier this week, many people are also rushing to Kamal Adwan, which is overwhelmed.

“So we have to get more support, more supplies and more fuel in to make sure the hospital keeps running.”




Israeli drones circling around Rafah, residents ‘terrified’

The drones have not stopped hovering near the vicinity of the Kuwaiti Hospital in the past few hours, along with other central areas of Rafah. They have been circling to gather more intelligence information about possible targets expected to be hit within the coming hours.

We have also noticed the large size of these military drones as they fly at very low altitudes. Residents are completely terrified and intimidated because they believe there is going to be an imminent attack, not knowing when and where it will take place.



Media watchdog ‘gravely concerned’ over detained journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists pressed Israeli authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release media workers arrested at al-Shifa Hospital this week. “The [Israeli army] need to be fully transparent about journalists who have been detained and refrain from any attempts to block the work of journalists at al-Shifa Hospital and all of Gaza,” said Carlos Martinez de la Serna, CPJ’s programme director.

“CPJ is gravely concerned by these arrests and calls on the [Israeli army] to immediately release those held  and provide an explanation for their arrests.”

It said an unspecified number of journalists including Mahmoud Elewa, a freelance correspondent with Al Jazeera Media Network, and Mohamad Arab, a freelance journalist with Al Araby TV, are among those missing.