Israel destroys al Shifa Hospital in Gaza and leaves it completely out of service

He Al-Shifa Hospital from the city of Linkthe largest in the entire Strip, was completely out of service after two weeks of military operation by the Israeli Army in and around the medical center, which concluded this morning.

“The destruction of the complex made it impossible to resume work and the hospital was completely out of service,” the hospital director told the media. ShifaMarwan Abu Saada.

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Israeli forces insist that their military operations were not directed against “patients, health personnel or medical equipment”, although the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamasthis Sunday he reported that This incursion by troops left at least 400 people dead throughout the area, where they destroyed more than a thousand homes.

“We call on the international community to, firstly, investigate what happened at the medical complex and, secondly, look for alternatives to the health services it provides”, said the center’s director.

The images released about the state of the Al-Shifa Hospital after the withdrawal of Israeli forces show a wide trail of destruction across the area, with buildings destroyed and large parts of the medical complex charred by the intense fire of the attacks over two weeks.

This combination of images created on April 1, 2024 shows damage to Gaza’s al Shifa Hospital after the Israeli army withdrew from the complex. (AFP photo). (-/)

The Civil Defense of Gaza strip reported this Monday that, after the departure of Israeli troops from Al-Shifa Hospitalthey found corpses with signs of having been executed, others charred and also in a state of decomposition.

“Most of the bodies are in decomposition and we ended up with bodies that are burnt skeletons inside the medical complex,” said Civil Defense spokesman Mahmud Busal, who highlighted that it is difficult to count the victims because Israeli troopsis “they lifted the streets with backhoes and buried the bodies.”

“I haven’t received any treatment for my wounds or my diabetes in 15 days.. I was taken from reception to the renal department and then to another department, while the sounds of explosions did not stop. “I can’t believe he’s still alive,” one survivor said in videos released by Strip health authorities.

Another survivor says he was lying in bed when, in the early morning hours two weeks ago, Israeli troops invaded the house. hospital “under the cover of fire and violent shelling”.

“There were no red lines in the murders or torture, they resorted to the most atrocious and humiliating methods against us. “They shot us in the head just for fun” he pointed out.

This was its fourth incursion against one of the few hospitals that remained partially operational in the north of the Strip, which Israel justified after receiving intelligence information about the presence of militiamen inside the complex.

Source: Elcomercio