The authorities of Gaza, controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas, accused the Israeli Army this Friday of a new attack on the Al-Shifa hospital, the territory’s main hospital complex, indicating that it left dozens dead and injured.
The Ministry of Health of the Palestinian territory reported in a statement, cited by the local news agency WAFA, that the bombings reached the entrance of the hospital unit, where an ambulance was located, and that many of the wounded were in critical condition.
In accusations that have not been independently confirmed, the ministry affirms that this is a “new massacre” against civilians and details that among the victims are patients, relatives, paramedics and health professionals, as well as displaced people who sought shelter in the hospital after losing their homes.
The attack came shortly after Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra announced the transfer to the southern Gaza Strip of seriously injured people needing treatment in Egypt.
The Israeli Army, for its part, said it is analyzing the information.
Previously, Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari insisted that the Islamist movement “cynically uses” the local population in its military operations and referred to a recording that reveals an alleged conversation between a health professional and an Israeli soldier. in which he states that “Hamas has tanks.” of fuel that he steals from Al Shifa hospital.
“While Hamas warns that hospital fuel is about to run out, it steals fuel from patients to use it for terrorist purposes. We will continue to show the world the actions of Hamas and how it uses the population as ‘human shields,'” he argued. .
For her part, the Palestinian Minister of Health, Mai al Qila, warned of a “humanitarian disaster” that could lead to a “blackout” of the main electrical generators in hospitals such as Al-Shifa.
The Hamas ruler claimed that secondary generators only allow three sections of the medical complex to operate for a few hours.
In addition, he clarified that 16 of the 35 hospitals stopped functioning due to Israeli bombings and lack of fuel.
Israel launched a military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which includes ground operations in response to the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamist movement Hamas, which left almost 1,400 dead and more than 240 people kidnapped, according to data provided by the authorities. Israelis.
Authorities in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have raised the death toll in Israel’s offensive to more than 9,250.
Source: TSF
