European Hospital in Khan Younis forced to cease operations after Israeli attacks, Health Ministry says
Israeli attacks forced the European Hospital, the last hospital in Gaza for cancer treatment, to cease operations, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
“Israel's targeting of the hospital has made it impossible to provide medical care due to the danger posed to medical staff and patients,” the ministry said in a statement.
It noted that the hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis was the only medical facility providing medical attention to cancer patients in Gaza after the destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital by the Israeli army.
The hospital's closure, the ministry warned, "means depriving cancer patients of the ability to follow treatment protocols and exacerbating their health conditions."
The ministry said the renewed Israeli assaults have caused significant damage to the hospital's infrastructure and internal departments, as well as roads leading to the facility.
According to Gaza's government media office, a total of 38 hospitals, 81 health centers, and 164 medical institutions have been destroyed, burned, or rendered inoperative during the ongoing Israeli onslaught.
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing nearly 53,000 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his 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.
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