Repeated Israeli attacks cause power outage at Kamal Adwan
Earlier, we reported that quadcopter drones had dropped at least 10 bombs on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in recent hours. The Quds News Network now reports that the hospital’s power has been cut off as a result of the repeated attacks.
There are more than 50 injured people still in the besieged facility, according to Al Jazeera Arabic, including patients in intensive care who require oxygen and water.
WHO chief says conditions at Kamal Adwan ‘appalling’, calls ‘for this hell to stop’
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says a team from the World Health Organization and its partners reached Kamal Adwan Hospital two days ago, “amid hostilities and explosions in the vicinity of the hospital during the mission”.
He said Israeli authorities have arbitrarily denied four missions to the facility in the past week, including the re-deployment of an international medical team that had evacuated from the hospital on December 6 due to hostilities.
“Recent attacks have further damaged the oxygen supply, generators, and broken windows and doors of the patients’ rooms,” Tedros wrote. “The conditions in the hospital are simply appalling. We urge for the protection of health care and for this hell to stop! Ceasefire!”
Death toll from Israel’s attack on Gaza City rises
Earlier, we reported that Israeli fighter jets had bombed a residential building in the Daraj neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, killing at least eight people. The death toll has now risen to 10, according to the Quds News Network and al-Manar TV.
The attack targeted the Tabatibi family home, and footage from the aftermath shows fires burning as rescue crews search for survivors amid the rubble.
Eleven-year-old crushed to death while trying to get bread in Gaza
Zeina, an 11-year-old from the Gaza Strip, was crushed and suffocated on November 29 while trying to get bread from a bakery as famine looms over parts of the enclave. “People barged in all at once, and Zeina was in the middle of the crowd,” her mother told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
“The girl fell among the people. They stepped on her. They had no mercy on her. There were footprint traces on Zeina.”
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