Israel attacks another hospital in northern Gaza, killing dozens of people

The Palestinian authorities reported this Friday a new attack by the Israeli army on the Palestinian territories Al Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital complex in Gaza and located in the northern district of Rimal. Dozens of people were killed and injured in the bombings.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that the bombs hit the entrance to the medical center, where an ambulance was located, and warned that many of the injured were in hospital. “critical condition, This is evident from information collected by the Palestinian news agency WAFA.

For example, he denounced a “new massacre” against civilians in the area and detailed that the victims included patients, relatives, paramedics and health workers, as well as displaced people who took refuge in the hospital after losing their homes .

The attack comes shortly after Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra announced the transfer to southern Gaza of seriously injured people requiring treatment in Egypt.

The Israeli military, for its part, has said it is analyzing this information, although Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari has previously emphasized that the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas is “cynically using” the local population and has pointed to a recording revealing an alleged conversation between a health worker and an Israeli soldier in which he points out that “Hamas has fuel tanks that it steals from Al Shifa Hospital.”

For his part, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al Qila has warned of the “humanitarian disaster” that could lead to a power outage of the main power generators in hospitals such as Al Shifa, and has claimed that the secondary generators only disrupt the operation of allow three power generators. parts of the medical complex for just a few hours. Moreover, he clarified that 16 of the 35 hospitals have stopped operating due to Israeli bombing and lack of fuel.

Israel sends hundreds of Gaza workers to the Gaza Strip in the middle of the war

Hundreds of Gaza residents who were in Israel on work permits are also being targeted expelled and sent to the Gaza Strip, besieged by air, land and sea attacks by the Israeli army since the war broke out on October 7.

The EFE news agency has confirmed that at least 700 Gazans have returned to the Strip from Israel via the Kerem Shalom Passin the far south, near Egypt, after being held by Israeli authorities since the start of the war.

Meanwhile, the warning sirens for rocket fire from the Strip, and no casualties have been reported so far.

“Israel is cutting off all contacts with Gaza. No more Palestinian workers will come from Gaza. Gaza workers who were in Israel on the day the war broke out will be returned to Gaza,” Israel’s Security Cabinet said in a statement released Thursday. night.

When consulted by EFE, Israeli authorities did not provide figures on the total number of Gaza residents who will be expelled, but it is estimated that some 18,500 Palestinians from Gaza had work permits in Israel, according to figures from COGAT, a military organization which controls the Palestinian territories. civil affairs in the occupied territories.

After the outbreak of war, many of them were expelled to the occupied West Bank, while at least 4,000 people were detained by Israeli authorities and subjected to interrogations to determine whether any of them were involved in Hamas attacks.

According to humanitarian organizations, these thousands of Gazans had their permits revoked and were held between Ofer Prison, in the occupied West Bank, and military bases, in what they considered “an illegal act of revenge.”