Al-Ahly Arab Hospital was bombed on Tuesday, killing at least 500 people in the northern Gaza Strip.
It is still unknown who caused the explosion, but the Israeli army insisted Wednesday that the Gaza hospital bombing was not caused by Israeli fire but by rockets from the Islamic Jihad group, which has denied the accusations.
Al Ahly Arab Hospital, founded in 1882 and run by the Church of England, describes itself as “a haven of peace in the midst of one of the most troubled places in the world.” It is the oldest hospital in the Gaza Strip, according to human rights organization Amos Trust.
According to the department, the hospital has 80 beds, a center for elderly women and a mobile clinic that provides free services to residents of neighboring towns. Reuters.
The hospital, located in the Zeitoun district, was in an area that Israel had asked to evacuate.
At the height of the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group, all hospitals turned into places where people sought refuge. Fadel Naim, head of the orthopedic surgery service, told the agency about this. Reuters that on Tuesday morning there were about a thousand people in the hospital.
The attack occurred around 19:30 (17:30 in Portugal).
“We were performing an operation when there was a huge explosion and the roof fell on the operating room. This is a massacre,” said plastic surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta, quoted by the publication. The keeper.
It was recorded that more than 300 patients were transported by ambulances and private vehicles to Al Shifa Hospital following the explosion.
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