At least ten dead, including a pregnant woman, after an Israeli attack on a center for displaced people in Gaza

The head of the WHO denounces attacks against the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the largest in operation in the north of the Strip

May 22. (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least ten Palestinians have died, including a pregnant woman, after a bombing by the Israeli Army against a center for displaced people in the town of Al Zawaida, in the center of the Gaza Strip, at the same time that airstrikes have continued. and fighting in the city of Rafá, in the south of the enclave.

Local sources have confirmed to the Palestinian news agency WAFA about the current toll of victims, who were inside the building at the time of the attack.

On the other hand, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has reported that the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the north of Gaza and besieged by Israeli troops since May 19, has been hit this Tuesday up to four times by bombing, damaging the intensive care unit, reception, administration and the roof.

“Twenty medical staff and thirteen patients remain inside, but efforts are being made to evacuate them. In recent weeks, intense hostilities have reportedly occurred in the vicinity of the hospital, leading to an increase in the influx of patients wounded to the center, already overwhelmed,” he added on his X social network account.

In this sense, he has asked for the protection of patients and workers, who are in the largest health center in operation in the north of the Strip.

A few hours earlier, he had reported that the doctors themselves reported sniper and artillery fire against the building last Monday, which is why he has expressed concern for the safety of those who still remain inside the facilities.

The Israeli Army began an offensive against Gaza in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian militias, which left around 1,200 dead and around 240 kidnapped. Since then, the Gaza authorities, controlled by the Islamist group, have reported more than 35,500 deaths due to the Israeli offensive, in addition to more than 510 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.