The The situation in Gaza’s hospitals worsened even more this Sunday after the closure of one of the main medical centers in the enclave.due to a lack of fuel and energy, while Israel says it is evacuating civilians sheltering in hospitals in the Strip.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that “Al Quds Hospital in Gaza City is out of service and no longer operational«, and detailed that «“The interruption of services was due to the depletion of available fuel and the interruption of power.”
In parallel, the press office of the government of the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Strip, denounced again that Israeli troops keep Al Shifa Hospital under siege, main medical center in Gaza, and where he noted that there are «corpses piled«.
«The (Israeli) occupation is besieging the Al Shifa medical complex, deploying numerous drones in its airspace. “These drones fire intensely inside the hospital premises, injuring several people,” The Hamas statement, which described the attacks as “a massacre» y «a planned and organized crime.
The text also questioned that international organizations that operated within Al Shifa have abandoned the clinic and urged everyone to «“Go immediately to the hospital to protect him, along with the medical teams and those inside.”
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 40 displaced people taking refuge in the hospital were attacked by Israeli forces when they were trying to evacuate the complex.
For its part, The Israeli Army indicated this Sunday that its troops are allowing the evacuation of civilians from hospitals Al Shifa, Rantisi and Nasser.
«“Israel Defense Forces soldiers opened and secured a passage allowing civilians to evacuate, on foot and in ambulances,” explained a military statement, which emphasized that for several days they have been insisting that the population of northern Gaza evacuate to the south “for your safety”.
«The terrorist organization Hamas continues to use civilian structures in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, for its terrorist activity.“added the Army, which denounced that the Islamist group has its headquarters just below the Al Shifa Hospital.
WHO lost communication with Al Shifa staff
Besides, The World Health Organization (WHO) stated this Sunday that it lost communication with Al Shifa staff.
«As horrific reports continue to emerge that the hospital is facing repeated attacks, we assume that our contacts have joined tens of thousands of displaced people who had sought refuge on the hospital grounds and are fleeing the area.the UN agency said in a statement.
The director of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the situation at the medical center “deeply worrying and terrifying”as published on his X account.
According to the latest reports received by the WHO, the hospital was surrounded by tanks and staff reported a lack of clean water and the risk that the last remaining critical functions, including ICUs, ventilators and incubators, would soon stop working due to lack of fuel, immediately endangering the lives of the patients.
*With information from EFE*