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SvennoJ on 13 April 2025
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Israel ‘targeting the remaining Palestinian Christian presence in Gaza’: Official

Husam Zomlot, the head of the Palestinian mission to the UK, has shared a video online of the aftermath of the Israeli attacks on al-Ahli Hospital.

He said the attack was “not a one-off”, adding that “the bombardment of the Anglican Hospital has two goals: destroying the last remaining and partially operating hospital in Gaza city, and, on Palm Sunday, targeting the remaining Palestinian Christian presence in Gaza”.




Patients evacuated from al-Ahli Hospital have nowhere to go

The situation here is unfolding in a very critical way. Hundreds of patients and injured people were inside the al-Ahli Arab Hospital. Its medical staff had already had to make decisions on whom they should prioritise for medical care.

The hospital was a safe haven for patients, away from the unpredictable, falling bombs, from the ongoing horrors.

Israeli attacks had destroyed their homes, their residential blocks, and now they are left not only without a place to stay but also without a proper health facility where they can receive treatment.

Whatever is available now does not constitute the level of proper care that should be provided to them.

The Israeli military has failed to provide or allow the entry of much-needed medical supplies and medical equipment during the first phase of the ceasefire. Instead of moving into phase two, it broke the ceasefire and started a massive bombardment campaign across the Gaza Strip.


‘How can a hospital be evacuated in 20 minutes?’ asks German FM after bombing

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has refused to condemn the Israeli bombing of the al-Ahli Hospital, but questioned the devastating attack.

“The cruel Hamas terror must be combated. But international humanitarian law applies, with a special obligation to protect civilian areas. How can a hospital be evacuated in less than 20 minutes?” she asked in a post on X.

“A firm ceasefire is needed in Gaza. The hostages must be released and humanitarian aid must be allowed in. Otherwise, there will only be more suffering, hatred, and displacement.”


WHO chief says one child died in al-Ahli attack

At least three people, including a 12-year-old boy with a head injury, have been reported dead following their forced evacuation from the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. “He was on oxygen, as were the two other patients, and the family basically walked with them to a nearby hospital, a very small facility with no capacity for the number of patients head their way. And they [the patients] arrived dead,” said al-Nahhas, emergency doctor in the city of Deir el-Balah.

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus condemned Israel’s attack on al-Ahli Hospital, where one child died due to the “disruption” of healthcare.

“The hospital was forced to move 50 patients to other hospitals. Forty critical patients couldn’t be moved. The hospital is unable to receive new patients pending repairs,” Ghebreyesus wrote on X.

During Israel’s early morning attack, the hospital’s emergency room, laboratory, and pharmacy were destroyed.



Palestine Red Crescent confirms missing medic held by Israel

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says it has been informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross that Assad Al-Nsasrah, its medic who has been missing since an Israeli assault on Rafah last month that killed 15 aid workers, is being held by Israeli authorities.