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Fearful medics and patients are fleeing a hospital in Rafah and transfers of the sick and injured via a border crossing with Egypt are at a standstill due to Israel's military operation, doctors ...
‘My whole family has perished:’ 22 killed in Israeli airstrike on Rafah, hospital staff say Tareq Elhelou, and CNN’s Kareem Khadder, Zeena Saifi and Abeer Salman April 29, 2024 at 2:33 PM
The Kuwaiti Speciality Hospital is one of the few places in Rafah the wounded or dying can turn for care, but that role may come under unbearable pressure if Israel launches a full-scale advance ...
On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. [1] [2] The airstrikes destroyed at least one mosque and multiple inhabited homes, killing most or all of their occupants.
The hospital was established in 2000 by transforming the previous center for primary care at the building. [2] The hospital spans an area of 4,000 m 2. It has 65 beds and two operating rooms. [2] The emergency department has 9 beds. [3] On 1 August 2014, the building was attacked by Israel Defense Forces. [citation needed]
Fighting at the hospital comes as Israel faces growing international pressure to show restraint, after vowing to press its offensive into Rafah, the last relatively safe place in Gaza.
The Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital was forced to shut down, despite being Gaza's only cancer hospital, after running out of fuel. [38] After receiving pressure from U.S. President Joe Biden, Gallant changed his position of a complete blockade and a deal was made on 19 October for Israel and Egypt to allow aid into Gaza. [39]
Israel says that Rafah is Hamas’ last stronghold in Gaza, and Netanyahu has repeatedly vowed to invade the city despite widespread international opposition due to concerns over the more than 1 ...