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Medical teams needed in north Gaza hospital after Israeli raid, health ministry says

October 29, 2024 at 10:41 am

An interior view of destroyed infant intensive care unit of Kamal Adwan Hospital after targeting by Israeli army in Beit Lahia, Gaza [Abdulqader Sabbah – Anadolu Agency]

The Ministry of Health in Gaza yesterday appealed to international organisations to quickly send surgical teams to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, after the occupation arrested and deported all the medical staff present in the hospital, leaving only one paediatrician.

The ministry urged anyone with surgical skills to join the hospital to save whoever they can.

Israeli occupation forces besieged the hospital last week and forced displaced families who had taken shelter there, and wounded Palestinians seeking treatment out of it. Men and young boys were stripped and detained, while women and young children were forced to walk towards southern Gaza.

Medical teams were detained and taken away by the occupation leaving the wounded with no one to care for them.

Occupation forces withdrew from the hospital on Saturday after causing severe damage to the building and bombing its oxygen supply.

READ: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic’ health crisis in northern Gaza