Israeli tank fires on northern Gaza hospital
Video from the besieged northern Gaza Strip shows Israeli tanks firing shells at the Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Kamal Adwan Hospital is one of the few remaining operational medical facilities and has been overwhelmed with casualties during the Israeli army’s 20-day ground incursion in the north.
North Gaza hospital ‘directly targeted’ by Israeli forces
Hussam Abu Safia, director at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, told Al Jazeera the Israeli attack caused severe damage to the facility’s intensive care unit.
“The hospital was directly targeted,” he said.
It’s not the first time hospitals have been attacked in northern Gaza. Last week, Israeli forces bombed al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia and also shelled Kamal Adwan and the Indonesian hospitals in Beit Lahiya.
Tanks move closer to northern Gaza hospital after opening fire
This is an evolving story with Israeli tanks firing on the Kamal Adwan Hospital. Over the last 48 hours, the surrounding residential buildings have been destroyed, blocking all entry points into the hospital.
Over the past 20 minutes, there’s been constant machine gun fire. There are people still inside the hospital – medical staff, patients and the wounded. The tanks are advancing very close to the facility.
A car was set on fire outside the entrance. Tanks shelled the fence surrounding the hospital and the main building itself. Fuel trucks were supposed to enter the facility today so generators could be refuelled so life-saving operations could continue.
Gaza hospital unable to perform surgeries as Israeli forces arrest surgeons
Hussam Abu Safia, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, says most of the surgeons have been arrested by Israeli forces and urgent surgeries for the many wounded cannot be performed.
“There are more than 15 cases that need surgeries that we cannot perform in the hospital,” he told Al Jazeera, adding the Israeli army refuses to evacuate patients in need or bring in any aid.
Abu Safia earlier said tank shelling on the hospital caused severe damage to its intensive care unit.
‘Massacres’ committed by Israeli forces near north Gaza hospital
Israeli soldiers and tanks continue to attack the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. “The occupation is committing massacres against innocent people around Kamal Adwan Hospital,” one civil defence worker told Al Jazeera.
The hospital’s director added, “What the occupation forces are committing is deliberate murder.”
Israeli drones targeted the facility’s water tanks, an Al Jazeera correspondent reported.
‘We lose at least one person every hour’: Medical supplies run out in Gaza
Health workers in besieged northern Gaza warned of a catastrophic situation as Israel’s army continues its ground incursion and air strikes for a 20th day.
Nearly 800 people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes in the north in recent days.
Dr Hussam Abu Safia, director of the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital, said about 150 wounded people are being treated there, including 14 children in intensive care or the neonatal department. Israeli tanks shelled the intensive care unit earlier.
“There is a very large number of wounded people, and we lose at least one person every hour because of the lack of medical supplies and medical staff. Our ambulances can’t transfer wounded people. Those who can arrive by themselves to the hospital receive care. But those who don’t just die in the streets.”
A wounded Palestinian child from Beit Lahiya arrives at the Kamal Adwan Hospital
