MADRID 25 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Israeli soldiers stormed the Kamal Adwan hospital in the Gaza Strip this Friday morning, located in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave, and the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that it no longer has any contact with the hospital. inside the facilities.
The assault began on Thursday night, first with airstrikes that hit the hospital and its surroundings, according to local sources cited by the WAFA news agency. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had previously surrounded the center, blocking even the entry of supplies.
“We do not understand how the world can stand still in the face of the most atrocious genocide and the systematic operation to destroy the health system and kill and detain patients and medical personnel, without doing anything,” lamented the Gazan Ministry of Health, controlled by the militia. Hamas, in a statement.
The director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has considered the information regarding the assault “very worrying” and has confirmed that his agency no longer has contact with the workers. Before the military entry, about 50 patients and employees had been evacuated, but the hospital houses about 200 patients and “hundreds” of displaced people.
“Accessing hospitals in Gaza is increasingly difficult and exposes staff to unnecessary dangers,” lamented Tedros, in a message published on social networks and in which he once again called for “immediate fire.” “Everyone in Gaza needs peace,” he stressed.
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