The largest clinic in the Gaza Strip is out of order, a doctor claims. “There is no more electricity,” Shifa hospital employee Ghassan Abu Sitta told the dpa news agency on Saturday. The doctor also reports rocket impacts on the site.
“Most of the staff have left the hospital.” The wounded who could have left. According to him, seriously injured people are still being cared for by a core medical team. The information could not initially be independently verified.
According to the doctor, only one clinic in the Gaza Strip, Al-Ahli Hospital, is currently operating. The area there was converted into a hospital. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that 20 of the 36 hospitals in the coastal region are no longer in use.
Clinics in emergency operation
The other clinics only operated in emergency mode due to, among other things, a lack of fuel. The clinics need fuel for generators to produce electricity.
There have been reports of heavy fighting near Shifa Hospital in recent days. The clinic director spoke of “Israeli attacks” on the clinic buildings. The Israeli army accused Hamas of direct shelling.
Accordingly, a failed Hamas projectile, which reportedly targeted Israeli forces nearby, reportedly hit the clinic. The information provided by both parties could not initially be independently verified.
Hamas headquarters in hospital?
According to Israeli intelligence services, Hamas, which rules the coastal area, uses the Shifa clinic as a command and control center. This information cannot be independently verified at this time.
Source: Krone
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