The Israeli army surrounded the city of Jabaliya while he continues his offensive against Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip, from where the destroyed hospitals in the area, already deprived of electricity, drinking water and food, are trying this Tuesday to evacuate hundreds of Palestinians in which they still live.

Supported by fighter jets, armed drones and special forces, Israeli ground forces raided Jabaliya, where “They destroyed three tunnels in which the terrorists were hiding,” as well as rocket launchers, an Israeli army spokesman said.

“During the operation, troops, with the support of aviation, destroyed dozens of terrorists, captured enemy weapons in several places, including private homes and children’s bedrooms, and they discovered and destroyed the tunnel shafts,” he added.

Meanwhile, an Indonesian hospital located in the neighboring city of Bait Lahiya, which ceased operations several days ago, It was besieged by Israeli troops.

“The occupation continues to tighten its control over the Indonesian hospital. We are contacting the Red Cross to evacuate wounded and displaced persons. who are stuck inside, but the occupation provides no guarantee of safe passage,” said Ashraf al-Qudra, a Health Ministry spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Gaza authorities did not specify how many people, including patients, medical staff and displaced persons, were in the Indonesian hospital, but assured that two buses carrying evacuees from the medical center had already left. We’ll arrive south of the Strip this morning.

At least 120 of the evacuees were admitted to Nasser Hospital. According to officials, the rest were taken to the European Hospital.

An Indonesian hospital “has been transformed from a medical center into a mass grave. There are corpses in all departments and we have lost many lives due to lack of supplies,” said Medhat Abbas, a spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, adding that there are about 60 corpses in morgues that cannot be frozen.

Without electricity, drinking water, food and medicine, all hospitals on the north strip, including Al Shifa – the most important in the Palestinian enclave – They stopped working a few days ago, But in the midst of the firefight, they were unable to evacuate all the people they were still sheltering.

Claiming that Hamas operates its military infrastructure from civilian centers, Israeli forces besieged and attacked schools, mosques and hospitals in the enclave, conducting ground operations, including at Al Shifa Hospital.

This week the Israeli army released images showing Hamas tunnels and premises near Al-Shifa Hospital, and assured that the militants used these places to hide a large arsenal and execute an Israeli soldier.

About 700 people, including 259 wounded and sick still remain trapped in Al Shifa “In a tragic situation, without water, electricity and food,” according to Gaza Health, which claims that the Israeli siege of the hospital continues.

“The Israeli occupation bombed Al-Shifa Hospital and destroyed parts of it. “The only dialysis unit in this hospital is under siege for the second day,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

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Israel declared war on Hamas on October 7 following an attack by the Islamist group that included rocket fire and infiltration of some The 3,000 militia killed about 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 240. in Israeli villages near the Gaza Strip.

Since then, Israeli air, naval and ground forces have counterattacked the Palestinian enclave, where More than 13,300 people died, most of them children and women.as well as more than 6,500 missing people who may have been trapped under the rubble, so the death toll could be even higher.

To this should be added tens of thousands of wounded. as well as more than 1.7 million displaced people -more than two thirds of the entire population – who live in a serious humanitarian crisis due to shortages of water, food, electricity, medicine and fuel.

In this context, international pressure for a ceasefire has intensified, and on Tuesday Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political wing of the Islamist group Hamas, He said he was close to concluding a truce with Israel.

(EFE)