DaysofPal- Four people have been confirmed dead and about 70 injured after Israeli jets bombed a tented camp housing displaced Palestinians in the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
The death toll is expected to rise as rescue teams scramble to rescue survivors.
Dr Fahd al-Haddad, the head of the emergency department at al-Aqsa Hospital, says many of the victims in the Israeli strike are children and women with third-degree burns.
Many patients are being treated on the floor of the hospital as it has run out of space for medical care, he said.
Four people have been confirmed dead and about 70 injured after Israeli jets bombed a tented camp housing displaced Palestinians in the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah. pic.twitter.com/66QDD51rSt
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“This is the seventh time there’s been an attack inside al-Aqsa Hospital. We received about 50 injured people inside the emergency department. We need a burn unit which is not available inside the hospital. But we’re trying our best to give them what we can to save their lives,” al-Haddad told Al Jazeera.
Without specialized care, at least five patients face complications such as sepsis and organ failure, he said.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has condemned “direct targeting” of the hospital in Deir el-Balah in a recent attack that killed four people and injured dozens of others.
The Israeli strike “caused a large fire in the tents of the displaced and the hospital facilities,” a statement by the ministry said.
There are serious cases among the wounded, most of whom are displaced children and women, it added.
It said: “We reiterate our appeal to the international and UN institutions as well as the concerned parties to intervene urgently to protect hospitals and health workers from the brutality and crimes of the occupation.”
Earlier, twenty-two people have been confirmed dead and 80 injured after Israeli tanks shelled a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Nuseirat in central Gaza.
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