The occupying Zionist entity bombs hospital in northern Gaza, disrupting service, medical doctors say By Reuters

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinian well being officers stated on Sunday that Israeli forces bombed the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, damaging electrical and oxygen pumps and disrupting pressing surgical procedures .

Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the hospital, certainly one of three barely operational hospitals on the northern fringe of the enclave, stated the ability was hit by round 100 tank shells and bombs, injuring a number of medical employees and sufferers.

“The scenario is extraordinarily harmful. We’ve sufferers within the intensive care unit and others awaiting surgical procedure. Entry to the working rooms is just doable after restoring electrical energy and oxygen provide,” Abou Safiya stated in a press release.

The hospital is treating 112 injured individuals, together with six in intensive care, he stated.

There was no fast remark from the Israeli navy on Abu Safiya's account.

The Hamas-run Gaza Well being Ministry stated a physician and his household have been killed Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike close to Kamal Adwan Hospital.

Residents stated the military blew up teams of homes within the Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun areas of northern Gaza, the place Israeli forces have operated since October.

Giant-scale Israeli airstrikes killed not less than six Palestinians within the central and southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, medical doctors stated.

Palestinians say Israeli operations on the northern fringe of the enclave are a part of a plan to evacuate the inhabitants by means of pressured evacuations and bombings to create a buffer zone. The Israeli military denies this, saying it’s preventing Hamas.

The battle in Gaza has raged for greater than 14 months, with a lot of the enclave devastated and greater than 44,000 Palestinians killed, in accordance with Gaza well being authorities, as Israeli forces proceed their efforts to eradicate Hamas and save the hostages taken by the militant. band.

The deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence in many years started when Hamas stormed into The occupying Zionist entity on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 individuals and bringing greater than 250 hostages again to Gaza.