Gaza: 63 Palestinians killed, 94 wounded by Israeli bombings last 24 hours
By Abdul Adil
London, (The Muslim News): According to Ministry of Health, 63 Palestinians have been killed, and 94 others were wounded by indiscriminate bombings by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. The number of Palestinians killed in Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 32,845, including 14,000 children and injuring 75,392 others according to the Health Ministry. A further 12,000 are reported missing, presumed dead under the rubble. .
Hundreds of bodies of killed civilians were found in Shifa Medical Complex and its surroundings, west of Gaza City, following the complete withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from inside the complex and its surrounding areas, medical sources confirmed on Monday to Wafa News Agency.
The sources said Israeli forces destroyed the temporary cemetery that citizens had set up at the site, taking out the bodies from underground and dumping them in different areas of the hospital.
Wafa also reported that the Israeli army dug up the grounds of the complex and dumped the buried bodies in different areas of the hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, the withdrawal revealed that the occupation forces burned all the buildings of Al-Shifa Hospital and made it completely out of service.
Medical sources explained that the Israeli army completely destroyed floors in the specialized surgeries building, and burned the rest of the building, and the main reception and emergency building, and destroyed dozens of its rooms and all the medical equipment in it.
The Israeli forces also burned the kidney and maternity buildings, the morgues, cancer and burns refrigeration facilities, and destroyed the outpatient clinics building.
Dozens of slain Palestinians were found in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and in the streets of Omar Al-Mukhtar, Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam, Abu Hasira, Bakr, and Haboush, all surrounding the hospital.
The sources explained that the army destroyed the temporary cemetery that Palestinians had set up in Shifa Medical Complex, took out the bodies of the dead Palestinians from it, and dumped them in different areas of the hospital.
Witnesses reported that the Israeli forces burned or destroyed many homes and residential buildings in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, which includes thousands of residential units.
Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says departments at al-Shifa Hospital were “set on fire”, and bodies of “executed” civilians are lying around the complex.
Civil defense crews in Gaza said that the occupation destroyed all departments, buildings and infrastructure in Al-Shifa Complex, adding that it was difficult to count the number of slain civilians, especially since Israeli forces bulldozed the roads and buried the bodies inside and around the complex.
The sources added that all those who had previously received relief appeals were found today to have been killed in the complex.
The occupation forces also executed handcuffed Palestinians..
14 days ago, the Israeli forces stormed the Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its surrounding areas and carried out a massive military operation there, killing and wounding and detaining hundreds.
This is the second time that the Israeli forces have stormed the hospital since the beginning of the hostilities on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
They stormed it on November 16, 2023 after besieging it for a week, during which its courtyards, parts of its buildings, medical equipment, and the electricity generator were destroyed.
Only four hospitals remain functional [in southern Gaza] with minimal capabilities.
They are providing medical treatment for more than 85 percent of Gaza’s population.
Gaza’s Health Ministry is calling on Palestinians to stay clear of hospitals unless sick or wounded.
“It is no secret to you that the health system has been subjected to repeated and direct targeting, which has brought the health system to almost complete paralysis,” the ministry said.
The suffering of patients at Gaza’s hospitals has been exacerbated by a large number of displaced Palestinians seeking shelter in hospitals, taking away hospital beds, and increasing the risk of infections spreading, authorities stated.
“The Ministry of Health therefore calls on everyone to work to empty hospitals and limit them to the sick and wounded so that health personnel can provide life-saving services and treatment.”
At least four people were killed in an Israeli air attack on the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza, according to WHO
Two civilians today were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
According to Israeli government 1,139 Israelis were killed by Hamas on 7 October in southern Israel and 134 Israelis and foreign nationals are still detained by Hamas in Gaza.
[Photo: Aerial view of destruction of Al-Shifa hospital complex and many surrounding buildings in Gaza City, Gaza, by Israeli forces for 14 days on 01 04 2024. Photojournalist: Osama Rabi /AA]
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