After sources reported that the Israeli army “gave all those present in the Shifa Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip one hour to evacuate,” on Saturday, Agence France-Presse reported that “hundreds left on foot,” while the army said that it “did not request the evacuation of patients or medical staff from the area.” the hospital”.
The Israeli army explained in a statement that it “responded to the hospital director’s request to allow the displaced persons wishing to leave the medical complex to exit toward the humanitarian corridor.”
The Israeli army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said in a statement: “This morning, the IDF responded to the request of the director of Al-Shifa Hospital, to allow Gazans who were displaced to the hospital and wish to be evacuated from it towards the humanitarian corridor in the Gaza Strip, through a secured road.”
The statement continued: “We confirm that the IDF did not request the evacuation of patients or medical staff, but rather confirmed that if a request is received to coordinate a medical transfer, the IDF will work to allow this and transfer patients to other hospitals.”
He added: “Medical teams will remain inside the hospital to serve patients who do not intend or cannot be evacuated.”
Agence France-Presse reported, on Saturday, that “hundreds of people walked out of Al-Shifa Hospital,” while a health source indicated to the agency that “450 patients are stuck in Al-Shifa Hospital.”
Meanwhile, health authorities in the Gaza Strip reported that premature babies were still hospitalized.
Al-Hurra’s correspondent reported earlier, on Saturday, that the Israeli army demanded the evacuation of the Shifa complex “within one hour.”
She also explained that there are about 120 patients with severe injuries, most of whom cannot walk, and “we do not yet know how they will be dealt with.”
Agence France-Presse said, “The Israeli army requested, via loudspeakers and in contact with the director of Al-Shifa Hospital, Muhammad Abu Salamiya, to evacuate it of all those in it, including the sick, the injured, the displaced, and the medical staff, and to head towards Al-Bahr Street on foot, giving them one hour to do so.”
While the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported that the evacuation process took place through one exit from the hospital, where they headed on foot towards Al-Wahda Street, and from there to Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, then Salah Al-Din Road, and then to the southern areas of the Strip.
The agency quoted many doctors as saying that the exit process was “difficult, as they were forced to raise white flags, and the roads were not easy and difficult to recognize, due to the widespread sabotage of the infrastructure. The streets were no longer as they were, and the patients also faced difficulty in walking.” Some of them relied on crutches to continue walking, and they were in a state of extreme fatigue.”
On Wednesday, the Israeli army stormed the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and announced that “weapons were found inside it,” which is denied by Hamas and the medical teams present there.
“Within one hour.” The Israeli army demands the evacuation of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza
On Saturday, the Israeli army demanded the evacuation of the Shifa Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip within one hour, at a time when there were thousands of patients, medical staff, and displaced people from other areas inside the hospital.
On Friday, the army announced that it had “liberated the body of kidnapped soldier Noa Murciano from a building adjacent to Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and transferred it to Israeli territory.”
He also posted a video clip of what he said was “Hamas’ strategy to transform hospitals from health facilities into facilities for terrorist military use.”
This comes during the ground incursion carried out by the Israeli army into the northern Gaza Strip, which began on October 27.
The spark of war broke out on October 7, when Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, including women and children. The movement also kidnapped about 240 hostages, including foreigners, and transferred them to the Gaza Strip.
On the other hand, Israel has responded since that date with continuous bombing and ground incursions, which resulted in the deaths of more than 12,000 people, most of them civilians, including women and children, according to health authorities in the Palestinian Strip, which has been controlled by Hamas since 2007.
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2023-11-18 12:48:52
