2023-12-04 12:19:00
Explosion near Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza leaves 10 dead, doctor says
A video recorded on Sunday night and geolocated by CNN shows the consequences of an explosion near the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza.
The video shows several victims lying in the street.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, head of pediatrics at the hospital, told CNN on Monday that the attack had targeted the hospital’s northern entrance, and that 10 people had been killed.
“Every five minutes there is an airstrike or artillery bombardment in the vicinity of the hospital and beyond,” Abu Safiya said.
CNN has not been able to confirm the cause of the explosion and has contacted the Israel Defense Forces for comment on whether any attacks have occurred in the vicinity of the hospital.
The Hamas government’s press office in Gaza claimed on Monday that the Israeli army had attacked the hospital.
“Now we have 30 bodies lying in the hospital courtyard because we cannot identify the bodies and document them. We have buried those that we have been able to document this morning. There are now more than 60 wounded inside the hospital,” Abu Safiya said.
There are also more than 6,000 displaced people in the hospital, he added.
“We are working with a small generator that is producing oxygen for the [unidades] neonatology and ICU and with a rotating program that runs the generator. “We are receiving all the medical cases from northern Gaza from the bombings,” the doctor added.
“We have 10 babies in incubators, five of which are neonatal, we had two babies who were pulled out from under the rubble this morning, their parents died,” he said, describing the situation at the hospital as “catastrophic.”
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