Israel - Hamas War : Major Gaza hospitals suspend operations as Israel hunts Hamas
Staff members at two significant hospitals in northern Gaza announced on sunday that patients under treatment might not survive the Israeli shelling and that there was a shortage of fuel and medication. Medical personnel noted that due to Israeli blockades, hospitals in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave are scarcely able to provide care for people confined there. israel claims that the hospitals need to be evacuated because it is zeroing in on Hamas fighters in the region.
Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, and Al-Quds, another significant hospital, announced on sunday that they would be ceasing operations. Every day, there are more deaths and injuries, but the injured have fewer and fewer places to go. Fearing that nowhere in Gaza was secure, ahmed al-Kahlout was following Israeli advice and moving south. "My son was injured and there was not a single hospital I could take him to so he could get stitches," he added.
According to a plastic surgeon at Shifa Hospital, the incubator facility was bombed, forcing the staff to arrange preterm babies on regular beds and use what little electricity was left to put on the air conditioning to warm.
"This poses a great deal of risk," Dr. ahmed El Mokhallalati stated. "We are expecting to lose more of them day by day."
Speaking from within the hospital, spokesperson for the Gaza health ministry Ashraf Al-Qidra claimed that Israeli fire was "terrorising medical officials and civilians alike."
Israel claims that in order to release the approximately 200 hostages that the terrorists kidnapped in israel a little more than a month ago, Hamas has established command headquarters under and close to the hospitals. Hospitals have not been used by Hamas in this manner.
A Palestinian official briefed on the discussions for the captive release on sunday stated that Hamas had called off the negotiations due to Israel's handling of Shifa Hospital.
Israel, which has stated that the only way to free detainees is via military pressure on Hamas, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. When asked for comments, representatives of Qatar, which has been mediating the negotiations, did not reply.
‘No one is allowed in, nobody is allowed out’
Al-Shifa, the largest hospital in Gaza, and Al-Quds, another significant hospital, announced on sunday that they would be ceasing operations. Every day, there are more deaths and injuries, but the injured have fewer and fewer places to go. Fearing that nowhere in Gaza was secure, ahmed al-Kahlout was following Israeli advice and moving south. "My son was injured and there was not a single hospital I could take him to so he could get stitches," he added.
According to a plastic surgeon at Shifa Hospital, the incubator facility was bombed, forcing the staff to arrange preterm babies on regular beds and use what little electricity was left to put on the air conditioning to warm.
"This poses a great deal of risk," Dr. ahmed El Mokhallalati stated. "We are expecting to lose more of them day by day."
Speaking from within the hospital, spokesperson for the Gaza health ministry Ashraf Al-Qidra claimed that Israeli fire was "terrorising medical officials and civilians alike."
Israel claims that in order to release the approximately 200 hostages that the terrorists kidnapped in israel a little more than a month ago, Hamas has established command headquarters under and close to the hospitals. Hospitals have not been used by Hamas in this manner.
A Palestinian official briefed on the discussions for the captive release on sunday stated that Hamas had called off the negotiations due to Israel's handling of Shifa Hospital.
Israel, which has stated that the only way to free detainees is via military pressure on Hamas, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. When asked for comments, representatives of Qatar, which has been mediating the negotiations, did not reply.
‘No one is allowed in, nobody is allowed out’
Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the top military spokesperson for israel, had stated on sunday that the IDF will assist in the evacuation of infants from Shifa. Qidra countered that they had not been instructed on how to bring the infants to safety. Three of the forty-five newborns, he continued, had already passed away.
Without providing specifics, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the hospital had been provided gasoline but had declined it.
According to Mohammad Qandil, a physician at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, south Gaza, who is in contact with colleagues there, Shifa was inaccessible to recently injured patients.
"Shifa hospital now isn't working, no one is allowed in, nobody is allowed out," he stated.
The World health Organisation expressed concern about those who were stranded in the hospital after losing communication with it.
According to the Palestinian red Crescent, Al-Quds Hospital's staff is having difficulty providing basic medical treatment, food, and water to those who are already there due to the hospital's unavailability.
"Al Quds hospital has been cut off from the world in the last 6-7 days. No way in, no way out," said Tommaso Della Longa, spokesperson for the international Federation of red Cross and red Crescent Societies.
Without providing specifics, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the hospital had been provided gasoline but had declined it.
According to Mohammad Qandil, a physician at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, south Gaza, who is in contact with colleagues there, Shifa was inaccessible to recently injured patients.
"Shifa hospital now isn't working, no one is allowed in, nobody is allowed out," he stated.
The World health Organisation expressed concern about those who were stranded in the hospital after losing communication with it.
According to the Palestinian red Crescent, Al-Quds Hospital's staff is having difficulty providing basic medical treatment, food, and water to those who are already there due to the hospital's unavailability.
"Al Quds hospital has been cut off from the world in the last 6-7 days. No way in, no way out," said Tommaso Della Longa, spokesperson for the international Federation of red Cross and red Crescent Societies.