The director of Kamel Adwan Hospital, in the north of the Gaza Strip, was seriously injured overnight from Saturday to Sunday after a drone attack on the establishment, and eleven Gazans were killed in Israeli strikes, said the Civil Defense of the Palestinian Territory. The north of the Palestinian territory is the scene of a major offensive, launched on October 6 by the Israeli army.
The Kamel Adwan hospital is one of the last to still partially operate in the Palestinian territory which is in the grip of a serious humanitarian crisis. Hossam Abou Safiyeh was injured in the back and thigh by metal fragments after an attack on the hospital complex, Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said.
“The tanks don’t go into detail, they kill women and children”
After losing a lot of blood, the doctor is now in a “stable” condition, reported Mahmoud Bassal, who specified that bombs had been dropped by an Israeli drone on several parts of the hospital located in Beit Lahia, in the extreme north of the territory. Teams at this hospital have reported several strikes on the establishment in recent days, with the World Health Organization (WHO) saying it is “deeply concerned” about the situation of 80 patients, including eight in intensive care, and staff.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been hit multiple times since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, triggered by the Islamist movement's unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The Israeli military says the Hamas uses these buildings as bases, hiding its activities among civilians, something Hamas and healthcare workers deny.
On Sunday morning, the Gaza Civil Defense also announced 11 deaths, “including children”, in two airstrikes on refugee camps, al-Bureij and al-Maghazi, in the center of the Gaza Strip, and gunfire. artillery at Beit Lahia. Witnesses also reported to AFP intense artillery fire in the al-Mawasi area.
“I'm afraid,” said Rania Abou Jazar, 30, who left her makeshift shelter, a tent, in the early morning when the shooting intensified in this area. “My children are hungry, and my daughter Amal’s milk has remained in the tent,” she explains. “If we come back, they could bomb us again, the tanks don't go into detail, they kill women and children.”
