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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Israeli tanks surrounded Al Helou Hospital in Gaza City, with the hospital director stating it was a "maternity hospital only.” [116] Israel launched a raid on al-Shifa Hospital, where thousands, including three dozen premature babies, were still sheltering. [117] Doctors reported 40 patients at al-Shifa died. [118]
Elsewhere in Rafah, the director of the Kuwait Hospital, one of the city’s last functioning medical centers, said it was shutting down and that staff members were relocating to a field hospital. Dr.
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]
During the Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli military ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, resulting in one of the largest displacements of Palestinians since 1948. [4] [5] [a] On 13 October 2023, just one week after Hamas' attack on Israel, Israel instructed 1.1 million Gazans north of the Wadi Gaza, including those in Gaza City, to evacuate within 24 hours. [7]
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 ...