After the water, oxygen, and electricity supplies were cut off, the director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza stated on Sunday that over 100 patients’ lives were in jeopardy.
According to Hossam Abu Safiyeh, recent Israeli bombings and shelling have seriously damaged the hospital and cut off parts of its electrical and water supplies.
“The outage of electricity and water persists, and we urgently appeal to the international community for assistance,” he said.
“The situation is extremely dangerous. We have patients in the intensive care unit and others awaiting surgeries. Access to the operating rooms is only possible after restoring electricity and oxygen supply.”
According to Safiyeh, there are currently 112 injured people at the hospital, including 14 youngsters and six in critical care.
He claimed that ongoing shelling close to the hospital was “preventing us from conducting repairs.”
Israel claimed on Friday that although it was conducting operations near the hospital, it had not opened fire on it.
Kamal Adwan resides in Beit Lahia, which is the epicentre of a fierce Israeli military campaign to stop Hamas from reorganising in northern Gaza.
The hospital is among the last healthcare facilities still in use in the northern part of the region.
Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in the Palestinian territories, stated on Friday that the hospital was functioning at a “minimum” level.
Hamas’s unexpected October 7, 2023, strike on Israel set off the war in Gaza and claimed 1,208 lives, primarily civilians, according to an AFP count based on government statistics.
Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has killed at least 44,708 people, mostly civilians, according to figures from the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry which the UN considers reliable.
