Israeli Strike Wounds Director Of North Gaza’s Main, Barely Operational Hospital | rssama.com

Israeli strikes this play connected what’s considered northbound Gaza’s main infirmary person resulted successful astir a twelve wounded staff, including nan hardly operational aesculapian facility’s director, amid nan region’s worsening humanitarian catastrophe.

For 50 days, Israeli forces person incessantly attacked nan territory’s northernmost region, which includes nan towns of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, walling nan area disconnected from nan remainder of Gaza successful a measurement that has blocked astir humanitarian assistance from entering, rendering nan northbound virtually uninhabitable.

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, head of nan Kamal Adwan Hospital, is treated by colleagues for his injuries pursuing an Israeli strike.

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Speaking from a diligent furniture astatine his ain hospital’s intensive attraction unit, Abu Safiya said he was deed successful nan backmost and thigh by a benignant of explosive he’d ne'er seen before: a quadcopter drone containing mini pieces of metallic shrapnel that “can hardly beryllium seen by nan naked eye.”

“Right now, I’m successful request of an urgent consultation pinch a vascular surgeon owed to nan strength of bleeding successful nan tract of injury,” he said successful a signaling shared by nan Gaza Health Ministry’s head general, Dr. Muneer Alboursh.

“There are six pieces of shrapnel that penetrated nan area of nan thigh, and I judge they caused a tear successful nan humor vessels and veins,” Abu Safiya continued. “We are successful captious request for [Israel] to let introduction of aesculapian and surgical delegations successful bid for maine to get treated and for different group to get treated.”

Kamal Adwan Hospital has faced constant, aggravated bombardment by Israeli forces who declare that Hamas militants hide among patients, thing Palestinians, assistance workers and media investigations person denied. The infirmary has faced regular attacks for nan past week, successful what Abu Safiya described arsenic “the aforesaid segment [that] repeats and worsens.”

Abu Safiya has tried to supply near-daily updates connected the worsening business astatine Kamal Adwan and war-ravaged North Gaza, wherever food, intends of communication, and medicine are scarce. As of Friday, nan infirmary had 85 injured patients, 8 captious cases successful intensive care, 14 children successful nan pediatric ward and 4 newborns successful nan neonatal unit. It’s unclear really nan caller demolition of nan substance generator and oxygen proviso will effect existent patients.

Israel allegedly transferred astir 17 patients and caregivers connected Saturday from Kamal Adwan to different hospitals successful Gaza, according to COGAT, nan Israeli authorities agency successful complaint of humanitarian assistance successful nan territory. The Sunday connection made nary mention of nan Israeli military’s strikes connected nan hospital.

Just past month, Abu Safiya’s 15-year-old son, Ibrahim, was killed successful an Israeli drone strike successful adjacent Jabalia aft surviving injuries from Israeli snipers connected nan military’s first ambush past December connected Kamal Adwan. Soldiers person besides rounded up astir of nan infirmary chief’s colleagues successful detention camps and prevented Gaza Civil Defense workers from bringing ambulances to nan north.

“What is intelligibly happening is that nan business wants to expel america from this wellness attraction facility,” Abu Safiya said.

Burnt aesculapian supplies are scattered successful a retention room deed by an Israeli onslaught connected Kamal Adwan Hospital successful Beit Lahiya, Gaza, connected Oct. 31, 2024. Since Oct. 6, nan Israeli subject has conducted a sweeping aerial and crushed battle successful bluish Gaza.

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Abu Safiya is among nan galore Palestinian wellness attraction workers who person been targeted since Israel launched its existent siege connected Gaza successful consequence to nan October 2023 deadly Hamas attack. In summation to indiscriminately bombing nan territory of 2.3 cardinal Palestinians, Israeli forces are besides destroying nan onshore and its group by completely collapsing nan wellness attraction system.

“These people, they target everyone. But I swear, this will not extremity america from continuing our humanitarian work. We will support connected providing this work nary matter what it costs us,” Abu Safiya said. “We are up till now appealing to nan world and will support asking, pinch nan faint dream that location are group pinch a surviving conscience still retired there.”