Israeli soldiers stormed the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, forcing some of the people who were still inside to leave it. This was reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
“The Israeli occupation attacks the Naser Medical Complex and turns it into a military barracks after demolishing its southern wall,” reported Health spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra, who added that the Army also attacked the ambulance department and tents of internally displaced persons in the medical facility.
“At dawn today and under bombardments,” the soldiers “forcibly” imposed the evacuation of part of the displaced people and relatives of the medical staff who remained in the center, he indicated.
They also ordered the medical teams to transfer all patients, “including those in intensive care and pediatrics,” to move to a specific hospital building, an almost impossible task for six patients who require assisted breathing.
“Catastrophic” situation
Naser Hospital is the largest medical center in southern Gaza, where Israeli troops have been carrying out a ground offensive since early December. Israel’s advance also involved the settlement of another hospital in the city, Al Amal, where more than 8,000 people were already evacuated last week.
For more than 25 days, the health authorities have denounced the siege of the Israeli forces around the Naser hospital, and last Tuesday (2/13/2024), the Army ordered the evacuation of 10,000 Gazans who were taking refuge in the medical facility.
According to Health, until today some 1,500 displaced people were still in the hospital, where the situation is “catastrophic”, in addition to some 190 members of health personnel and some 300 of their relatives. Among the patients admitted, “there are 273 patients who cannot move”, 18 of whom are in intensive care and 35 on dialysis, which made their evacuation difficult due to the Israeli order.
Likewise, wastewater is flooding the emergency room and medical and non-medical waste is accumulating in the apartments and patios of the complex, according to Health.
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