One of the few operational hospitals severely damaged by an Israeli raid – Liberation
An Israeli shot has severely damaged this Sunday, April 13, one of the rare hospitals still in the Gaza Strip, Al-Ahli Hospital also called Baptist Hospital on Sunday 13 April. This strike occurred when Israel had just announced The extension of his offensive « In most » of the devastated and besieged Palestinian territory. The al-Ahli complex « Was used by Hamas terrorists to plan and carry out attacks on Israeli civilians and troops »supports the Israeli army to justify this strike. No victim has been reported for the time being.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, triggered by An attack on Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023tens of thousands of Gazaouis have found refuge in hospitals, including Many have been damaged or put out of service. The strike at the Al-Ahli Hospital occurred « A few minutes after an army warning (Israeli) calling for the patients, the wounded and their accompanying people, » According to the Palestinian Civil Defense. “We came out of the hospital while running. When we reached the door (entrance), they bombed it, there was a huge explosion, ” testified Naïla Imad, a 42 -year -old moved, evacuated from the establishment.
“My children and I are on the street. We have been moved more than twenty times, we no longer know where to go ”she said. « The bombing has led to the destruction of the surgery building and the oxygen production station intended for intensive care units »said local civil defense.
The hospital has ceased to operate, said Mounir al-Barsh, an official of the Hamas Ministry of Health, a movement that took power in Gaza in 2007. According to images, large pieces of concrete and twisted metal clusters are scattered on the site, where men search the rubble. The explosion left a gaping hole in the building, whose iron doors were torn from their hinges.
« It was hell »testified Khaled Dalloul, evacuated with his uncle from the Al-Ahli hospital. “There is no place for being treated or sleeping. It is a conviction to collective death. « Protected by international humanitarian law, hospitals have still been hit several times by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip.
