Israeli forces, on Saturday night, launched more attacks on the barely functioning Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged North Gaza, after ordering people inside and near the facility to evacuate.
According to Aljazeera, the nearby al-Awda Hospital is also under attack.
Similarly, Israeli forces have also bombed yet another school in northern Gaza City, killing at least eight Palestinians.
Vehicle in Gaza City targeted
There was also reports of an attack on a vehicle in Jalaa Street in Gaza City, with a number of casualties reported.
What we are seeing now is a deliberate attack on the health facility.
In recent days, Israeli forces have launched attacks on the Kamal Adwan Hospital’s power generators, its solar panels and its ICU. These attacks have forced the hospital’s essential departments out of service.
The ICU has been rendered nonoperational.
The reports said ”Everyone in the hospital has gathered in one area, away from the windows, from the areas that are exposed to fire from tanks and quadcopters.
”Despite this, they experienced a difficult night, with many of the Israeli bullets penetrating the walls. Many injuries have been reported and equipment inside the hospital damaged.
”Now, the Israeli military has ordered evacuations from the hospital, but they have also created an intimidating environment that makes people feel it’s unsafe to leave.”
Contact lost with journalists inside Kamal Adwan
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that its correspondents in Gaza have lost touch with journalists inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital as Israel’s attacks on the facility continue.
Israeli forces are aiming to push Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service
The reports continue, ”What we are seeing unfolding in the northern part of Gaza now, particularly at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, is the pinnacle of the relentless attacks and constant bombardment by the Israeli forces over the past week.
”They have been using heavy artillery and detonating explosive devices that had been planted in the areas surrounding the hospital, preventing and impeding the movement of ambulances, as well as that of people seeking to take the wounded from bomb sites to the medical facility.
”The most fierce attack on the hospital last night was on its laboratory. These attacks seem to be deliberate, on purpose, just to push the facility out of service.
”It started with quadcopters surrounding the facility, and telling everyone in the facility – via loudspeakers – to leave. By the way, it’s only some 60 people who remain there. They include the director of the hospital, Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the medical staff working with him in these difficult conditions and the patients.
”For the past month, no one had been able to get to the Kamal Adwan Hospital given the dangers in the surrounding areas, including the quadcopter drones that are preventing people from approaching the hospital.
”There was one incident where people arrived at the gates of the hospital and were attacked and shot by the quadcopters. So everyone inside the hospital is known to the Israeli military, yet they push the narrative that the facility houses militants and members of the Palestinian resistance.”
