The enclave's hospitals have been particularly affected by attacks by the Israeli army since the start of the conflict.
Published on 29/12/2024 13:52
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Gaza Civil Defense announced on Sunday, December 29, that at least seven people had been killed in a strike on al-Wafaa hospital in Gaza City. According to the Israeli army, it housed Hamas fighters and was no longer functional. There is also “several injured, some in serious condition”also declared the rescuers of the Palestinian enclave, ravaged by more than a year of war.
The Israeli army said it had conducted a “targeted strike” against a Hamas anti-aircraft defense unit, which it said was using the establishment as a command center “to prepare and launch terrorist attacks” against his troops. “The building is not currently used as a hospital”she clarified.
The Health Ministry of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, for its part, affirmed that the establishment was “partially functional”. “Patients with physical disabilities are treated there”detailed to AFP the director general of the ministry, Mounir al-Barch. “The hospital had been restored and was preparing to receive patients.”he added. “It could have reopened normally in the coming days if it had not been hit [dimanche] by Israel.”
This strike on al-Wafaa comes after a large-scale Israeli operation concluded on Saturday against the Kamal-Adwan hospital, which “hors service” the last major hospital still operational in northern Gaza according to the WHO. The Israeli army arrested the director of this establishment, Dr. Hossam Abou Safiya, whom it says it suspects of being a Hamas activist.
