Israeli army raids Kamal Adwan Hospital, burning large sections and forcing patients, displaced civilians to flee
Gaza's Health Ministry appealed to the international community on Friday to provide alternative medical services for civilians after an Israeli raid on a main hospital in the north of the enclave.
The Israeli army raided Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday, burning large sections and forcing patients and displaced civilians to flee.
"The hospital has been under attack since dawn, forcing around 350 health workers, patients, and civilians to evacuate at gunpoint,” Maher Shamiyeh, assistant undersecretary for Gaza's Health Ministry, told a press conference.
“The Israeli army set fire to the hospital buildings, including the engineering and maintenance building, the central laboratory, and the hospital stores,” he added.
Shamiyeh urged the international community to intervene “to save what is left from Gaza's health system and to provide alternative medical services for civilians in northern Gaza.”
He also called for opening urgent humanitarian corridors “to ensure patients get access to medical services and the delivery of logistical and medical aid.”
Israel has continued a large-scale ground offensive in northern Gaza since Oct. 5 to allegedly prevent the Palestinian resistance group Hamas from regrouping. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.
Since then, no sufficient humanitarian aid including food, medicine and fuel has been allowed into the area, leaving the remaining population on the verge of imminent famine.
The onslaught was the latest episode in Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed over 45,400 people, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7, 2023.
Last month, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
