The last hospital in northern Gaza was shut down after the raid
According to reports from Israeli forces, the raid left several areas of the hospital burned and seriously damaged, including the laboratory, surgical area and medical warehouse. The hospital’s director, Dr Abu Safiya, was said to have been detained during the raid. WHO lost contact with him.
Some people were said to have been stripped of their clothes and forced to walk south to Gazawhile critically ill patients were forced to be transferred to Indonesian Hospital, which lacked the necessary equipment and supplies to provide adequate care. WHO said moving and treating patients in such conditions poses serious risks to their survival. An emergency WHO mission to Indonesia Hospital is being planned on Sunday to safely transfer them to southern Gaza for continued care.
The attacks escalated
WHO described the raid as part of a “systematic dismantling of the health system,” noting that, over a two-month period, attacks targeted health workers and hospitals in the area took place almost daily: This week alone, bombings in the surrounding area are believed to have killed 50 people, including five medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Deployment of international emergency medical teams has been repeatedly rejected and despite the growing need for emergency and trauma services and supplies, only 10 of 21 WHO missions have reached Kamal Adwan is partially facilitated from early October to December.
Despite the limitations, the WHO mission succeeded in delivering 45,000 liters of fuel, medical supplies, blood and food, and 114 patients along with 123 of their companions were transported to the Hospital. Al-Shifa Institute in Gaza City.
