By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinian well being officers mentioned on Sunday that Israeli forces had shelled the Kamal Adwan Hospital within the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya, damaging electrical energy and oxygen pumps and disrupting pressing surgical procedures.
Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the hospital, one among solely three barely operational on the northern fringe of the enclave, mentioned the power was hit by round 100 tank shells and bombs, wounding a number of of the medical employees and sufferers.
“The situation is extremely dangerous. We have patients in the intensive care unit and others awaiting surgeries. Access to the operating rooms is only possible after restoring electricity and oxygen supply,” Abu Safiya mentioned in an announcement.
The hospital is treating 112 wounded folks, together with six within the intensive care unit, he mentioned.
The Israeli army declined to instantly touch upon Abu Safiya’s account.
The well being ministry of Hamas-run Gaza mentioned a health care provider was killed along with his household in an Israeli airstrike close to the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Saturday night time.
Residents mentioned the army blew up clusters of homes within the northern Gaza areas of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, the place Israeli forces have operated since October.
Afterward Sunday, an Israeli air strike killed 5 Palestinians within the coronary heart of Gaza Metropolis, taking the variety of folks killed in separate army strikes throughout the enclave to 11, medics mentioned.
Palestinians say Israel’s operations on the northern fringe of the enclave are a part of a plan to clear folks out by compelled evacuations and bombardments to create a buffer zone. The Israeli army denies this, saying it’s preventing Hamas.
The battle in Gaza has been raging for over 14 months, with a lot of the enclave laid to waste and greater than 44,000 Palestinians killed, in accordance with Gaza well being authorities, as Israeli forces proceed their drive to wipe out Hamas and rescue hostages taken by the militant group.
The deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence in a long time started when Hamas stormed into Israel on Oct.7, 2023, killing 1,200 folks and taking greater than 250 hostages again to Gaza.
