Deial Al Bala, Gaza Strip (AP) – Palestinian medical charity said Israel had destroyed its main centre on Tuesday In Gaza city After ordering evacuation.
The Palestinian Medical Relief Society said the Israeli strike reduced the six-storey building in the Central Summer region to tiled rubs. It said the centre is one of the city’s leading facilities offering blood donation and testing services, trauma care, cancer care and chronic disease treatment.
There were no immediate comments from the Israeli military. The hospital was repeatedly bombed and attacked. In Gaza during the war.
In another development, Israel announced on Tuesday that it would completely close the border between the occupied West Bank and Jordan. The attack killed two Israelis last week.
The Allenby Bridge, which crosses the Jordan River, also known as King Hussein Bridge, is the only cargo and passenger intersection available. Palestinians on the West Bank It does not lead to Israel. It is also on important routes to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
Several hospitals in Gaza city, which were hit by starvation, were forced to close as Israeli forces advanced. Israel accuss Hamas of using medical facilities for military purposes – that could result in them losing their protection under international law – However, the military often provides little or no evidence of the existence of important extremists.
The head of the World Health Organization, which partnered with the charity, denounced the strike. “Attacks on medical facilities must end. No pointless violence must stop. Cerez-fire!” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in X.
The medical charity said another of its centres was damaged, surrounded by Israeli forces, and a third was destroyed on another strike. Gaza’s health ministry said on Monday that Al-Lantisi Children’s Hospital and Specialized Eye Hospital were forced to close due to a nearby Israeli military operation.
Several Western countries on Monday called on Israel to restore the Palestinians of Gaza to be treated in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and to lift restrictions on medical supplies that Israel enters Gaza.
The statement is co-signed by 24 countries including Canada, France and Germany and comes as Israel Faced with an increase in criticism Even some of the closest allies ended the war in Gaza.
Israel captured East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Middle East War. The Palestinians want all three territories For future state.
Israel A big attack has begun The company aims to capture Gaza, the largest city in the territory earlier this month, and has already suffered significant damage from previous attacks and artillery fires. Israel says the operation is intended to pressure Hamas to surrender and return the remaining 48 hostages, which were filmed on October 7, 2023. Israel believes that around 20 prisoners are alive.
The world’s leading authority on the hunger crisis said last month that there will be Israeli lockdowns and ongoing attacks Already pushed Gaza city into starvation. Over 300,000 people have fled the city in recent weeks as Israel ordered its population to move south, according to UN agencies and aid groups.
Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and sought 251 in the attack on October 7th. Since then, most prisoners have been released in ceasefires and other deals.
The Gaza Ministry of Health says at least 65,382 Palestinians have been killed in the war. It is part of Hamasran government. That figure is viewed by the United Nations and many independent experts as the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.
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This story was revised to show that the health facility was in the central summer area of Gaza city, not in the neighborhood of Tel Hawa.
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Magiddy reported from Cairo.
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