Gaza: Deaths, injuries as Israel launches new attack on al-Shifa hospital
18-03-2024 09:49 AM
Ammon News - Medical sources reported that dozens of Palestinian citizens were killed and injured on Monday, as a result of the occupation bombing of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.
A fire broke out at the gate of Al-Shifa, with cases of suffocation among displaced women and children in the hospital, during the occupation forces storming the hospital and completely besieging it, coinciding with cutting off communications for about 30,000 displaced people inside the hospital, the sourced added.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says some 30,000 people, including displaced civilians, wounded patients and medical staff are trapped inside al-Shifa Hospital amid Israel’s onslaught, according to Al Jazeera.
In a message in English on Telegram, it said anyone “who tries to move is targeted by sniper bullets and quadcopter”.
It said there were Israeli vehicles inside the hospital’s courtyard and that Israeli forces launched missiles and opened fire at al-Shifa’s specialised surgery building.
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