Gaza: Kamal Adwan Hospital under heavy Israeli attack

The attack caused significant damage to the hospital’s departments, equipment and power generators.

Meanwhile, medical staff and patients have sought shelter by gathering in the hallways and other secure areas of the hospital to protect themselves from the ongoing bombardment and sniper fire.

Medical sources at the hospital affirmed that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) ordered them to evacuate the facility immediately while continuing to bomb and shoot at it.

Director of the hospital Husam Abu Safiya said that the IOF ordered the medical staff and patients inside the facility to evacuate and walk to the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, adding that the conditions are not suitable for evacuation as there are no ambulances to transport the patients and wounded people.

Abu Safiya also said such intense attacks on the hospital never happened before, adding that bullets penetrated the facility’s walls and damaged the remaining medical equipment.

He condemned the world’s silence on the genocide taking place at the hospital.

For its part, the Palestinian health ministry appealed to the world to urgently move to protect the medical staff and patients at the Kamal Hospital against Israeli attacks, which it described as heavy, violent and unprecedented.

The Kamal Adwan Hospital has been constantly targeted by Israeli forces in recent weeks, resulting in fatalities and injuries among medical personnel, patients, and civilians living in nearby homes and shelters. The frequent attacks have led to severe disruptions to medical services at the facility.