MSF reports panic as explosion rocks Al-Aqsa Hospital
Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, says it is considering suspending some services at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after an explosion near the facility “triggered panic” and caused many people to leave the area.
“This situation is unacceptable,” MSF said in a post on X.
“Al Aqsa has been operating well beyond capacity for weeks due to the lack of alternatives for patients. All warring parties must respect the hospital, as well as patients’ access to medical care.”
It added that Israel’s evacuation orders for the area have left “hundreds of thousands displaced people with a so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ of just 41 square kilometres [16sq miles] in which to seek shelter”.
As a result, MSF is considering whether to suspend wound care for the time being, while trying to maintain life-saving treatment. From around 650 patients, only 100 remain in the hospital, with 7 in intensive care unit according to the Ministry of Health. 2/4
— Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (@MSF_canada) August 25, 2024
Rocket from Gaza lands near Israel’s Rishon Lezion: Report
Israel’s YNet News is reporting that a rocket fired by Hamas landed in an open area near the city of Rishon Lezion, south of Tel Aviv.
“No injuries were reported,” it said.
Earlier, Hamas’s armed wing – the Qassam Brigades – said its fighters launched an M90 rocket at Tel Aviv “in response to the massacres being perpetrated against civilians and the forced displacement of our people”.
Five Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City
The Wafa news agency is reporting that at least five Palestinians were killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces bombed a house near the Friends of the Patient’s Hospital in Gaza City.
The report followed several deadly Israeli attacks across Gaza City.
These include an attack on al-Shuhada Street that killed and wounded several people and on the Dawlat area of Zeitoun neighbourhood that killed three people, according to rescue workers and our correspondents on the ground.
A deadly Israeli attack was also reported in southern Khan Younis. The toll was not immediately clear.
