Israeli tanks surround Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City

Palestinians evacuate the Al-Ahli CBaptist Hospital for safer spots after it was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on October 18, 2023. [Atia Darwish /apaimages]

The Palestine Red Crescent Society announced, on Thursday, that Israeli tanks are besieging Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the Gaza City, and its ambulance teams are unable to reach the injured people due to the intense clashes, Anadolu Agency reports.

The society said in a statement on Facebook that

tanks are surrounding Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, and there are intense clashes

It added:

Red Crescent ambulance teams are unable to move to reach the injured and wounded.

The Baptist Hospital is the only hospital operating in Gaza City after the Israeli army besieged the Al-Shifa Medical Complex for nearly eight days and stormed it at dawn on Wednesday.

Medical teams are unable to carry out operations as medical supplies have run out and only one shipment of fuel has been allowed in the besieged Gaza Strip since 7 October with the condition set by Israel that it not been delivered to hospitals.

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