Hamas has denied that members of its movement were in the Kamal Aduan Hospital, the last operation in the area, and that it was attacked by the Israeli army.
The United Nations has asked the parties to protect health facilities in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli army attacked Kamal Aduan Hospital, the last operational medical center in the north of the enclave, in recent hours.
“We continue to call on all parties to fulfill their obligation to respect and protect medical personnel and units, including hospitals and health facilities, under all circumstances,” said the Secretary-General’s deputy spokesperson, Stéphanie Tremblay.
In that sense he remembered it Kamal Aduan “it is not one of the last hospitals, but it is the last” who operates in this area of Gaza. Tremblay also detailed that humanitarian workers will not have access to the facilities. Likewise, he indicated at a press conference that these actions “endanger” the lives not only of the medical staff, but also of the injured being treated in the hospital. “We continue to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza” he concluded. The Israeli army entered the Kamal Aduan Hospital due to preliminary information “about the presence of terrorists, terrorist infrastructure and terrorist activities in the place.” Before the operation, it enabled the “orderly evacuation” of both patients However, health authorities in Gaza have accused Israel of forcibly entering the medical center and expelling 350 people, including patients and medical staff, while cutting off the hospital’s communications with the outside world, according to a statement the Ministry of Health Gaza.
Hamas, in a statement published by the Filastin newspaper, denied that there is a military presence at the hospital, either from its armed wing, the Ezzeldin al Qassam Brigades, or from any other Palestinian faction.
Source: EITB
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