Israeli shelling leaves northern Gaza hospital without water, electricity

Israeli shelling has left the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza without water or electricity, a medical source said Sunday, Anadolu news agency reported.

“The water, electricity, and oxygen supplies have been cut off since Saturday evening,” the source told Anadolu.

“We are unable to perform surgeries due to the lack of oxygen and water. The situation at the hospital is catastrophic,” he added.

Hussam Abu Safiya, the hospital’s director, said Saturday that several people were injured after Israeli forces shelled the facility, causing extensive damage to water, oxygen, and fuel tanks.

The Palestinian Health Ministry on Friday appealed for international action to stop Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza.

Since Oct. 5, Israel has launched a large-scale ground operation in northern Gaza to allegedly prevent the Palestinian resistance group Hamas from regrouping. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

Since then, almost no humanitarian aid, including food, medicine, and fuel, has been allowed into the area, leaving most of the population there – currently estimated at 80,000 – on the verge of famine.

More than 3,500 people have since been killed in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities.

Israel has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip following a Hamas attack last October, killing more than 44,708 people, most of them women and children, and injuring nearly 106,000.

The second year of the genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with officials and institutions labelling the attacks and blocking of aid deliveries as a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.

On 21 November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.

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