Israel's air raid meets a hospital in Nordgaza, reports doctor

Israel's air raid meets a hospital in Nordgaza, reports doctor

The Israeli military campaign has the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza strip In the night from Thursday to Friday with severe air and soil attacks. This was reported by the director of the hospital, who described the bombardment as "catastrophic".

Details of the attacks

Israeli soldiers use Quadcopter to throw bombs, which violated at least three medical employees, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who had already been wounded several times. Abu Safiya reported in a voice message that was interrupted by the noises of the bombing: "The night was one of the most difficult." The area around the hospital was repeatedly attacked this week.

devastating effects

The intensity of the attacks was so strong that doors and windows were torn out on one side of the hospital. Water containers were thrown away by the explosion. Abu Safiya added: "At the moment, the heavy bombing continues all night, accompanied by continuous destruction of buildings. It is a catastrophic scene, with air raids and artillery shot, which achieve unprecedented intensity and frequency."

background of the offensive

The Israeli military has carried out air and ground operations in several parts of the northern Gaza Strip since the beginning of October to combat alleged activities of Hamas. The two -month attack has transformed roads into rubble fields, killed entire families and drastically reduced the supplies of food, water and medical aid goods. According to Abu Safiya, the Kamal Adwan Hospital has been hit by the Israeli military campaign every day since October 5, and the site has been searched at least six times since then.

conflict between Hamas and Israel

The Israeli military states that Hamas uses hospitals for military operations, which Hamas denies. CNN cannot check these statements independently. In addition, CNN asked the Israeli military to comment on Abu Safiya's allegations.

Humanitarian location in the Gaza Strip

On Friday, Cogat, the Israeli aid agency, said that "intensive struggles in certain areas of the northern Gaza Strip between the IDF troops and terrorist organizations operating there" take place ". Since October 5, Gazas Civil Protection Authority has been more than 4,000 Palestinians as killed or missing. Another 12,000 people were injured. Auxiliary services reported that the size of the Israeli attack makes it difficult for them to achieve survivors who are trapped under the rubble of crashed buildings.

evacuations and aid deliveries

Cogat said that the Israeli military "the evacuation of patients, accompanying persons and employees" from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in other health facilities in the north and southern sector of the Gaza Strip. Efforts were also made to coordinate the delivery of supplies to the hospital, including food, water, medical equipment and fuel.

obstacles to humanitarian aid

Humanitarian organizations warn that only a minimal part of the help comes to the neighborhoods and hospitals in northern Gaza Strip. Due to the ongoing restrictions on humanitarian aid by Israel, between 65,000 and 75,000 inhabitants are cut off from access to food, water, electricity or reliable medical care. This is reported by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) in a report dated December 12th.

UN warnings on the situation in the hospital

On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed that the Israeli authorities repeatedly refused humanitarian access to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, where at least 96 patients and employees "urgently need support". "In the last four days, the WHO has been denied three times to prepare for medical aid deliveries and fuel, to relocate critical patients to the al-Shifa hospital and to provide an international emergency medicine team," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a post to X. to the Kamal Adwan hospital. Also a leading orthopedist, Dr. Saeed Jouda was reportedly killed on Thursday while moving near the hospital. CNN asked the Israeli military to comment on Jouda’s death.

The article was created with the support of CNNS Dana Karni.