Israel Sieges Two More Hospitals And Demands Their Evacuation

Two more Gaza sieges the , where medical personnel have been immobilized under heavy fire, became known by the Palestinian Red Crescent, at the time Israel announced that it arrested 480 militants during clashes at the largest hospital in Gaza Al Shifa. Israeli forces claim hospitals in the Palestinian enclave, where the war rages over five months, are used as strongholds of Hamas militants, where they hide bases and weapons. Hamas and medical staff deny it. The Palestinian Red Crescent made known that a member of it was killed, when Israeli tanks were suddenly repulsed in areas bordering the Al-Amal and Nasser hospitals, in the city of Han Eunice, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, amid heavy bombings and fires. Armoured Israel forces ruled out Al Amal hospital and conducted operations with bulldozers around it, the Red Crescent said in an announcement, adding: “All our teams are in very great danger right now and are completely immobilized”. He also said the Israeli forces are calling for the full evacuation of personnel, patients and displaced persons from Al Amal’s premises and launch smoke bombs into the area to force those inside to leave. The Israeli army says his forces are hitting “infrastructures” in Han Eunice used as concentration points for many fighters. Hamas denies using hospitals for military purposes and accuses Israel of war crimes against political infrastructure. For his part, the Hamas Health Ministry reports that dozens of patients and medical staff have been arrested by Israeli forces in Al Shifa in Gaza City, in the northern part of the enclave under Israeli control for a week. Al Shifa is one of the few health facilities that operate even partially in northern Gaza and, like others, hosts some of the nearly 2 million civilians, over 80% of Gaza’s population, displaced by the war. At the same time, residents of Han Eunice said Israeli tanks are also promoted to a district, in the western part, near Nasser Hospital, amid heavy fire from air and ground. In Rafa, the city on the border with Egypt, which is the last refuge of half the Gaza population displaced, in an Israeli air raid against a residence seven people were killed, according to health officials. Not less than 32.226 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, including 84 in the last 24 hours, and 74,518 have been injured in Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip, the health ministry of the enclave announced today. Meanwhile, at least 32,226 Palestinians have been killed and 74,518 have been injured in Israeli blows in the Gaza Strip since October 7, says the Hamas Health Ministry in today’s announcement. In the last 24 hours, 84 Palestinians were killed and 106 injured, adding the ministry to its announcement.