DayofPal- Hospitals in northern Gaza have become the latest casualties of war as the siege on Jabalia enters its third week with no end in sight.
According to a Gaza health official, three hospitals that were partially operational and providing care for critically injured patients while also housing thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza have ceased operations due to heavy Israeli bombardment.
Israeli forces targeted al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia with bombing early on Saturday, and in the last few hours, they also shelled Kamal Adwan and Indonesian hospitals in Beit Lahiya. On Monday, they surrounded hospitals and shelters for displaced individuals in northern Gaza as they intensified their operations, hindering vital aid from reaching civilians, according to residents and medical personnel.
The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, reported that Israeli authorities are blocking humanitarian missions from delivering essential supplies, such as medicine and food, to northern areas of the Palestinian enclave. “People trying to escape are being killed, with their bodies left on the streets,” said UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini on X.
Doctors Without Borders, the international charity known by its French acronym MSF, called on Israeli forces “to immediately stop their attacks on hospitals in North Gaza” after the Health Ministry said Israeli troops had fired on two hospitals over the weekend.
“The ever-worsening escalation of violence and non-stop Israeli military operations that we have been witnessing over the past two weeks in northern Gaza have horrifying consequences,” said Anna Halford, an emergency coordinator for MSF.
“When hospitals are attacked, their infrastructure destroyed, and the electricity cut off, the lives of patients and medical staff are under threat.”
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process also condemned the continuing attacks.
“The nightmare in Gaza is intensifying. Horrifying scenes are unfolding in the northern Strip amidst conflict, relentless Israeli strikes and an ever-worsening humanitarian crisis,” Tor Wennesland said in a statement on Sunday.
The conditions in northern Gaza are dire, as the Israeli military is currently concentrating its efforts on Beit Lahiya. The Jabalia refugee camp has been transformed into a completely devastated area.
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