Alarm was raised by reports of violence near hospitals in southern Gaza, prompting the president of the World Health Organization to express his “deep concern.”
Alarm was raised by reports of violence near hospitals in southern Gaza, prompting the president of the World Health Organization to express his “deep concern.”
According to allegations made on Monday by Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry, Israeli soldiers moved through western Khan Younis before allegedly storming Al-Khair hospital, west of the city, killing and injuring dozens of patients and forcing thousands to evacuate.
According to allegations made on Monday by Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry, Israeli soldiers moved through western Khan Younis before allegedly storming Al-Khair hospital, west of the city, killing and injuring dozens of patients and forcing thousands to evacuate.
Earlier in the day, Al-Qudra reported that the Khan Younis area had seen at least 50 fatalities and over 100 injuries.
Earlier in the day, Al-Qudra reported that the Khan Younis area had seen at least 50 fatalities and over 100 injuries.
The identical fatality toll was supplied to NBC News by Dr. Nahud Abu Taima, the director of surgery at al-Nasser, a significant hospital in Khan Younis.
An “acute shortage” of medical supplies was reported by Abu Taima, who also issued a warning that the hospital would end up “a repeating the scenario that occurred in hospitals in the northern and central Gaza Strip.”
The precise situation on the ground and the number of casualties could not be reliably confirmed by NBC News.
Human rights and medical professionals became alarmed upon hearing of violence near hospitals in the southern part of Gaza.
He murmured, “This has to stop.”
Israel has the right to self-defense, according to White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, but he also stated that he expected its forces to act “in accordance with international law and to protect innocent people in hospitals, medical staff and patients, as much as possible” during a briefing on Monday.
Israel has the right to self-defense, according to White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, but he also stated that he expected its forces to act “in accordance with international law and to protect innocent people in hospitals, medical staff and patients, as much as possible” during a briefing on Monday.
The Israel Defense Forces maintained claims that Hamas “embeds itself in the civilian population” and “sites such as hospitals and schools” in a statement announcing that it was intensifying its ground maneuver “to the west” of Khan Younis.
When asked if there were any forces at or near the Al-Khair or Al-Amal hospitals, the IDF did not reply.
Al-Mawasi is regarded as a humanitarian area where people can go to find some level of protection.
Al-Mawasi is regarded as a humanitarian area where people can go to find some level of protection.
“Families are escaping by every means possible,” stated Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president of MedGlobal, a group that offers medical assistance in times of need.
According to him, the majority of the medical staff and patients had left the al-Nasser hospital, and those who had been brought in with recent injuries had “no staff to treat them.”
According to him, the majority of the medical staff and patients had left the al-Nasser hospital, and those who had been brought in with recent injuries had “no staff to treat them.”
Families could be seen running from Khan Younis farther south toward Rafah in search of some relative protection in footage taken by an NBC News crew on the ground, while clouds of dark smoke billowed into the sky. While some held infants in their arms, several carried the few belongings they were able to escape with.
As she was carried along the road in a wheelchair while holding a baby, Ayad Abed exclaimed, “They’re destroying us.”
She claimed that the baby was her grandchild. “They killed my daughter-in-law,” the mother of the child uttered.
According to Abed, her family had to evacuate their home in Khan Younis, which was close to al-Nasser Hospital, since bombs had been dropping “all night…. It didn’t stop even one minute.”
She claimed that there were “bodies everywhere in the street” outside her house. numerous corpses in the roadway. Her family’s only goal right now is to go to Rafah.
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