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Israel shells Gaza City hospital treating premature babies
The Israeli army shelled Al Helou Hospital in Gaza City, hitting the facility with two artillery rounds, according to medical sources cited by the Wafa news agency.
The hospital’s departments include a cancer ward and a neonatal unit where 12 premature babies are being cared for.
Medical staff told Wafa that more than 90 people – doctors, nurses and patients – remain trapped inside the hospital. Israeli tanks have surrounded the facility, blocking both the entry and exit.
The attack is the latest in a series of strikes on Gaza’s already decimated healthcare system, where hospitals continue to be besieged, targeted and deprived of essential medical supplies.
‘Horrific scenes’ inside al-Shifa as patients flee under Israeli fire
Doctors inside al-Shifa Hospital have described “horrific scenes” as many patients are forced to flee despite needing urgent care.
According to testimonies obtained by researchers at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, the Israeli army used fire belts, which are incendiary weapons that cause flames to rise across a strip of land, and deployed explosive-laden vehicles around the hospital as military units advanced from the northern and eastern sides of the hospital.
Medical staff said the bombardments led to the suspension of many procedures as doctors and nurses could not reach the hospital and some were killed in the attacks.
Dr Hasan al-Sha’ir, the medical director of al-Shifa, told researchers that staff continued working “despite the harsh conditions and overwhelming fear”, recalling earlier sieges of the hospital when Israeli forces killed and arrested medical personnel.
He said at least 100 patients are currently receiving treatment in “extremely difficult circumstances” with shortages of life-saving drugs and medical equipment.
Palestinians in Nuseirat struggle without water, basic necessities
We’re here in the western parts of Nuseirat, where Palestinians who were forced to evacuate from Gaza City came and set up their tents. But those Palestinians are now saying that they don’t have any of the basic necessities.
People here are saying that they have not been receiving any water for the past week. They have been calling and appealing for organisations to have a water truck daily. They’re saying they have not been able to get clean water to drink or cook.
Palestinians came all the way from Gaza City to the western parts of Nuseirat after they went to al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah, az-Zawayda, and did not find any space to set up their tents.
They came without any of their belongings. Most of them walked here, but they did not have any choice other than escaping death and air strikes, and now they are suffering.
