Israeli Airstrikes Hit Surgery Room of Indonesian Hospital in Gaza
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Gaza – The Israeli army had targeted the surgery room of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. This attacks are causing significant damage to its medical equipment, the Palestinian Health Minister stated.
The Director of Hospitals in Gaza, Munir Al-Bursh said that dead bodies were still accumulating within the facility, which has been surrounded by Israeli Military vehicles for several days.
"The hospital was the only one partially functioning in Gaza City and the northern Gaza region, as all other hospitals in Gaza City has become non operational inclusing Al-Shifa hospital, which is currently under Israeli military control," Al-Bursh remarked.
"650 injured people are in the Indonesian Hospital while its capacity is only 140 beds," he added.
He also remarked that the Israeli military drones opened fire on Palestinians who tried to flee from the hospital.
Early on Monday, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Indonesian Hospital.
The Ministry accused the Israeli army of seeking to turn the hospital into “a mass grave”.
The Hamas group which has ruled Gaza since 2007 and confronts the Israeli military in Gaza, said the Israeli authorities seek to destroy the Palestinian health sector in Gaza as part of its plan to forcibly expel the Palestinian people from Gaza.
Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Hamas on 7 October.
At least 13,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 9,000 women and children, and more than 30,000 others injured ever since, according to the latest figures.
Thousands of buildings, including hospitals, mosques and churches, have also been damaged or destroyed in Israel’s relentless air and ground attacks on the besieged enclave
The Israeli death toll, meanwhile, is around 1,200, according to official figures.