Israel allegedly destroyed clinic in Gaza Strip
According to Israel, Hamas has taken up residence in the Kamal Adwan Hospital. The army says it is opening a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of the hospital. Nevertheless, the WHO laments the death of at least eight patients. Israel emphasizes that 90 terrorists have been captured.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has accused Israel of destroying a hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. "WHO is appalled by the effective destruction of the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza in recent days, which rendered it inoperable and led to the deaths of at least eight patients," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on Platform X. The patients, including a nine-year-old child, died due to inadequate medical care. Israel rejected the criticism.
The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva accused Tedros on X of not mentioning that the Islamist Hamas had taken up residence in the Kamal Adwan Hospital. Before the Israeli army entered the premises, a dialog was held in coordination with the medical teams. The army had allowed a humanitarian time window and most of the hospital had been evacuated. He added that 90 terrorists had been arrested in the area. "Israel also destroyed the terrorists' infrastructure and found numerous weapons and intelligence documents hidden in the incubators in the infant ward, among other things."
Tedros wrote on X that many healthcare workers had reportedly been arrested. Many patients had to self-evacuate at great risk to their health and safety as ambulances were unable to reach the facility. "Gaza's healthcare system was already on the ground, and the loss of yet another even minimally functioning hospital is a severe blow," Tedros wrote. "The attacks on hospitals, medical staff and patients must stop. Ceasefire NOW."
Earlier, the news channel Al-Jazeera reported that Israel's army had used a bulldozer to destroy the tents of displaced people in the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital, killing 20 people in the process. When asked, Israel's army did not comment on the allegations, which could not be independently verified. According to the WHO, only eleven of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are currently partially operational.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly condemns Israel's alleged destruction of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip, stating that it resulted in the deaths of at least eight patients, including a nine-year-old child. This incident occurs amidst the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict, a situation monitored closely by international organizations such as the WHO through the World Health Assembly.
Source: www.ntv.de
