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Gaza Strip: 4 hospitals closed after Israeli bombing

  • October 19, 2023
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At least four hospitals in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, have completely stopped working due to “continuous bombing” of Israel, This was announced

At least four hospitals in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, have completely stopped working due to “continuous bombing” of Israel, This was announced on Thursday by Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the enclave’s Ministry of Health.

In a televised statement, Al-Qudra clarified that the affected medical centers were hospitals Beit Hanoun, Al-Durra, Al-Karama and the International Eye Center in Gaza City.

Moreover, he confirmed that Turkish-Palestinian Friendship HospitalThe only center offering cancer services in the Gaza Strip has partially shut down due to fuel and electricity shortages, and some of its departments, such as the emergency department, are not operational.

After the surprise attack, Israel tightened its siege of the Palestinian enclave. leaving him without water, electricity, internet and fuelalthough he later partially restored the water supply, worsening the situation for its more than two million inhabitants.

The doctor added that at least 44 medical workers died and 70 people were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes in the sector, many of them on ambulances.

Photo: Reuters

He indicated that at least 23 vehicles of this type They were completely destroyed by bombing.

At the end of his speech, the representative showed the bodies of four children killed in the attacks and called for the protection of civilians in the Gaza Strip.

At least 3,785 people were killed and more than 12,493 were injured because of Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war between Israel and the Islamist organization Hamas on October 7, the enclave’s health ministry said.

Among the dead, at least 1,524 were minors, 1,000 were women and 120 were elderly.

Among the victims were 3,983 children and adolescents and 3,300 women.

This Thursday marks the thirteenth day of the war, during which Israel has not stopped bombing the Gaza Strip following the October 7 Hamas surprise attack that killed more than 1,400 people and wounded more than 4,000 on Israeli soil, where Hamas continues to fire rockets.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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