The final hospital in operation in northern Gaza went out of service on Tuesday after Israeli bombardment, the well being ministry stated.
“The Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was forced out of service due to Israeli bombardment, siege and arrest of medics,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra stated in an announcement.
At least 471 individuals had been killed and plenty of injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital on Oct. 17, in keeping with well being officers in Gaza.
Israeli troops have beforehand raided different medical services in Gaza, together with Al-Shifa, the territory’s largest hospital, which is now performing at minimal capability with a really small staff.
Last month Al-Shifa Hospital grew to become the main focus of an prolonged military operation as a part of its struggle in opposition to Hamas.
On Sunday, the World Health Organization stated Al-Ahli Hospital was receiving “critical patients” from Al-Shifa for surgical procedure.
The Al-Shifa emergency division, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is “a blood bath” and “in need of resuscitation”, the WHO stated.
Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory, stated on Tuesday that one other hospital in northern Gaza, Al-Awda within the Jabalia space, had been turned “into a barracks” by the Israeli military.
He stated the military was holding 240 individuals within the hospital, “including 80 medical staff and 40 patients,” and had arrested its director, physician Ahmad Mhanna.
On Sunday WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated the company was “appalled by the effective destruction” of one other northern Gaza hospital, Kamal Adwan, the place Israeli forces carried out a multi-day operation in opposition to Hamas.
Israel is dealing with mounting worldwide stress over the rising civilian dying toll and destruction of hospitals in Gaza.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip because the Oct. 7 assault by Hamas, killing at the very least 19,667 Palestinians, principally ladies and kids, and injuring 52,586 others, in keeping with well being authorities within the enclave.
The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins with half of the coastal territory’s housing inventory broken or destroyed, and practically 2 million individuals displaced throughout the densely-populated enclave amid shortages of meals and clear water.
Nearly 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault, whereas greater than 130 hostages stay in captivity.
Hamas rejects holding talks over prisoner change amid genocide
Meanwhile, Hamas rejected holding negotiations over exchanging prisoners throughout the Israeli struggle, however is open to any initiative to finish it, a senior official from the Palestinian motion stated in an announcement on Tuesday. “We affirm our position of categorically rejecting to hold any form of negotiations over prisoners exchange under the continuing Israeli genocidal war,” Basem Naem stated.
“We are, however, open to any initiative that contributes to ending the aggression on our people and opening the crossings to bring in aid and provide relief to the Palestinian people,” he added.
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