Israeli military claims attack on hospital targeted Hamas ‘command and control centre’
The Israeli military has again claimed that its latest attack on a Gaza hospital was targeting “terrorists”.
It said in a statement that Hamas operatives were hit “in a command and control complex established in a building that previously served as al-Wafaa Hospital in the Gaza City area and is no longer used as an active hospital”.
The army claimed the targets were affiliated with a Shujayea unit of Hamas, without providing any evidence.
As we reported earlier, at least seven Palestinians were killed in the strike, one of several on hospitals in northern Gaza.
Damage is seen after an Israeli strike on Al-Wafaa Hospital
Palestinians killed at al-Wafaa Hospital ‘obviously patients’
The seven Palestinians who were killed in al-Wafaa Hospital are obviously patients because the hospital treats the elderly. And after the war started, it started admitting people with chronic diseases and functioned as a rehabilitation centre.
All of this is happening as Israeli forces are systematically attacking different hospitals across the Gaza Strip. We’re talking about, according to the Ministry of Health, at least 33 hospitals going out of service in the past 14 months.
Bodies ‘ripped to pieces’ at site of hospital bombing
A witness at the scene of Israel’s bombing of al-Wafaa Hospital in Gaza City says he saw bodies “ripped to pieces”. “I am here making [and selling] tea and coffee, and suddenly, an Israeli missile landed on the tents behind me,” Majad Malek told Al Jazeera.
“Almost a dozen were killed and many more injured. We pulled out a couple of dead bodies from this side and five or six from there, all ripped to pieces. All that we recovered were body parts, pieces of flesh.”
The attack was on the upper floor of the hospital and killed at least seven people.
Fifth Palestinian newborn dies from hypothermia
We have another baby that froze to death earlier this morning. This increases the death toll in Gaza due to hypothermia to five Palestinian newborns.
According to the father of Juma al-Batran, who was only 30 days old, the family evacuated from Beit Lahiya to the central Gaza Strip eight months ago and did not have a tent.
They only had a couple of blankets and wood, and that’s how the father protected his family. He said he was unable to give warmth to his child. He was unable to bring blankets and winter clothes, and he was unable to feed his children.
Juma has a twin brother who is currently in the ICU.
It was heartbreaking to see Juma’s father carrying him today, his hands and legs blue because he was literally freezing. The area where they were sheltering is very close to the sea and very windy. There are no tarps or tents, and Juma’s father was unable to give his children basic necessities.
Not only are Palestinian babies and children dying from air attacks and artillery, but also from malnutrition and hypothermia.
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