Israeli forces storm Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital once again
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in Gaza has said Israeli forces have raided the medical facility in Beit Lahiya, north Gaza, and forced patients and wounded people to leave.
The Kamal Adwan Hospital has faced repeated Israeli military attacks over recent weeks, including a drone strike on Thursday that killed a 16-year-old boy in a wheelchair and wounded at least 12 other people. On November 29, an Israeli drone also killed Dr Ahmed al-Kahlout, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital’s intensive care unit, as he was passing through the facility’s entrance gate.
Israeli air attack in Rafah kills at least 3
Israeli fighter jets bombed a group of Palestinians in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah in southern Gaza, killing at least three people, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.
Israeli attacks kill four staff members at Kamal Adwan Hospital, director says
The director of north Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital says four staff members were killed on Friday in Israeli attacks on the facility, one of the last functioning health centres in the area.
“There was a series of air strikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital, accompanied by intense and direct fire,” the AFP news agency quoted Hussam Abu Safia as saying.
Three killed in drone attack in Rafah: Civil Defence
The bodies of the people killed in southern Gaza’s Rafah have been recovered, according to a Palestinian Civil Defence statement.
The drone attack took place in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah city, a statement on Telegram said.
Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on central Gaza
Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground reports that two people were killed when Israeli forces bombed al-Magazi refugee camp. Others were wounded in the attack.
Our correspondent also reports that more people were killed and wounded in an Israeli attack on the east of Bureij refugee camp, also in central Gaza.
Two killed as Israel bombs Gaza City
The Israeli army has carried out an attack on the Zeitoun neighbourhood in the south of the city, our correspondent reports.
Several people were also wounded in this attack, our correspondent said.
At least one killed in Israeli attack on Rafah
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza reports that one person was killed and three others were injured in an Israeli drone attack on Palestinians in Khirbet al-Adas, in the northern part of the city.
At least 29 people killed in Israeli strike on Kamal Adwan Hospital
Israeli strikes around Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahiya have killed 29 people, Gaza’s civil defence agency said.
“There was a series of air strikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital, accompanied by intense and direct fire,” hospital director Hossam Abu Safieh told AFP, adding that four staff members were killed.
Mahmud Bassal, the civil defence agency’s spokesperson, added that “at least 29 people were killed and dozens were wounded … since dawn on Friday as a result of the continuing Israeli shelling around Kamal Adwan Hospital.”
Bassal said the Israeli army entered the hospital, evacuated patients and arrested several Palestinians. Abu Safieh added that no surgeons were left at the hospital following the raid.
Essay Pro