Children dead after Israeli military bombs Kamal Adwan Hospital
The Israeli military has bombed the “oxygen station” at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, killing a “number of children”, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.
Israeli forces raid north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital: Report
Israeli forces have raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, and ordered patients to go down to the main courtyard, the Wafa news agency reports.
The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital has also told Al Jazeera the windows of several patients’ rooms have been shattered as a result of ongoing Israeli bombing around the medical facility.
Earlier, we reported that Israeli tanks had shelled the facility and the military later bombed the “oxygen station” at Kamal Adwan, killing a “number of children”. We are yet to confirm the death toll.
More than 150 patients, staff trapped at Kamal Adwan Hospital
A spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defence has told Al Jazeera that more than 150 patients and staff are trapped as the Israeli military besieges the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza.
Earlier, we reported the Israeli military had shelled the hospital and bombed the medical facility’s “oxygen station”, killing a “number of children”, according to media reports. We are yet to confirm the death toll.
The Kamal Adwan Hospital is one of the few remaining functioning medical facilities in northern Gaza amid a deadly Israeli siege that has entered its third week.
Children killed inside Kamal Adwan Hospital after oxygen supplies hit by Israeli attack
We’re getting distressing details coming from northern Gaza, especially in light of the full-blown attack on the Jabalia refugee camp that has killed many Palestinians in their homes.
The Israeli military has conducted wide aerial and ground attacks on these densely populated areas, where civil defence had emphasised that dozens of Palestinians were wounded and unable to receive help, with some stuck under the rubble.
This morning, the Israeli military stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital and gathered medical staff, patients and wounded people in the courtyard. The military carried out mass arrests from the hospital.
Artillery strikes had hit the hospital earlier in the night, with the ICU being severely damaged. The main water tanks and the oxygen room of the hospital were hit.
We are getting reports that a number of babies and children inside the hospital were killed because of lack of oxygen.
Israeli military forces are still stationed at the hospital, which is a major facility providing care for about two-thirds of the population in north Gaza. Kamal Adwan Hospital may also be destroyed, just like al-Shifa Hospital, which was the largest in the enclave.
Israeli military dragging patients out of Kamal Adwan Hospital
Hani Mahmoud, one of our correspondents on the ground in Gaza, has shared these updates on the situation at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza:
- Medical staff inside Kamal Adwan Hospital confirmed that the Israeli military stormed the hospital and ordered staff, patients and the wounded to leave the building.
- Wounded patients and those with other health complications were dragged outside the buildings into the courtyard of the hospital. Many of them need to be attached to IVs and are on medical beds inside the hospital.
- Dr Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, said the situation at the hospital is catastrophic and there is no medical care available for anyone in northern Gaza. Many of the wounded are scattered on the streets of Jabalia and Beit Lahiya and are unable to reach the hospital due to the ongoing bombardment.
- The hospital has officially run out of medical supplies and its warehouse is empty.
- Last night, the Israeli military surrounded the hospital and directly fired shells at the building causing severe damage to the ICU and the emergency department.
- The bombing also damaged the oxygen station and disrupted the flow of oxygen supplies to the incubators and the ICU, threatening the lives of 150 wounded people and 14 newborns.
- We can confirm that the Israeli military is conducting mass arrests of men inside Kamal Adwan Hospital and leading them to an unknown area for interrogation.
- The Israeli military targeted a group of homes on al-Hawaja Street in Jabalia refugee camp, killing and wounding many Palestinians.
Israeli forces abduct 18-year-old activist in Kamal Adwan Hospital
Israeli soldiers have abducted 18-year-old Palestinian activist and media worker Abdul Rahman “Aboud” Battah after storming Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza this morning.
Ramy Abdu, director of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, said in a post on X that the Israeli forces mistreated the teenager, who has 3.5 million followers on Instagram, and took him to an unknown location.