Israel bombs an ambulance convoy in Gaza, leaving at least 13 dead and 26 injured

The Ministry of Health of Linkcontrolled by the Islamic group Hamas, confirmed today that 13 people died and 26 were injured in the Hamas plane attack. Israel against ambulances with injured people leaving Al Shifa hospital, in Gaza city.

The Ministry reported that, although it had notified the Red Crescent and the international community of his intention to take the wounded south for later transfer to Egypt“the occupation forces committed this crime”.

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“We urge the international community to hold the occupation forces accountable for this crime against medical personnel and ambulances,” said a statement from the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry had informed hours earlier about the intention to charter a caravan of ambulances with injured people towards the south of the Strip to 4pm local time (2pm GMT) via Al Rashid Street It is He asked the Red Cross to accompany the convoy.

People gather around an ambulance damaged in an Israeli attack in front of Al Shifa hospital, in Gaza city, on November 3, 2023. (Photo by MOMEN AL-HALABI/AFP). (MOMEN AL-HALABI/)

“Given the urgent need to save the lives of the injured (…), we ask everyone to fulfill their responsibilities and announce that a convoy of ambulances will be sent with a large number of injured people to transfer them to the south of the Gaza Strip” , the note then said.

Health authorities explained that There are “hundreds of seriously injured and seriously ill people” who can no longer be treated at Al Shifa hospital. and that “they require hospitalization in hospitals in the Arab Republic of Egypt”

The Palestinian Red Crescent (MLRP) was one of the first institutions to denounce the attack on Al Shifa hospitalfull of patients and shelter for thousands of displaced people, coinciding with the time at which the caravan of ambulances with injured people was scheduled to leave towards the south of the Gaza Strip.

“Attack on an ambulance Red Crescent which was in front of the hospital Al Shifa. Our colleagues were saved by a miracle”, wrote the organization on the social network X, accompanied by a photograph in which it is possible to see the damaged ambulance and a dead horse.

Two hours earlier, the PRML had also reported attacks against the Al Quds hospitalwithout reporting the number of victims, although remembering that 14 thousand displaced people, most of them women and children, take refuge in this hospital center.

On November 1st, they entered Egypt the first Gazans wounded through the post Rafaoperation that also took place the following day.

Around fifty Egyptian ambulances transported dozens of people seriously injured by Israeli bombings in Gaza to be admitted to Egyptian hospitals, given the deteriorating situation of Gaza’s health centers.

Source: Elcomercio