Critical Situation: Hospitals in Northern Gaza Out of Service Due to Intensifying Conflict

2023-11-13 08:20:50

The Hamas Ministry of Health announced today, Monday, that all hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are out of service, as violent fighting intensifies between Israeli forces and the movement’s fighters.
Hamas Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, Yousef Abu Al-Rish, told Agence France-Presse that “all hospitals in the Gaza Governorate are out of service.”

Abu Al-Rish pointed out that “6 premature babies died, and 9 were in the intensive care unit.” Due to the power outage at Al-Shifa Hospital; The largest hospital institutions in the Gaza Strip, which is subjected to continuous Israeli siege and bombing.

The condition of newborns after they left the incubators at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza yesterday after a power outage (Archyde.com)

Abu Al-Rish, who is in Al-Shifa Hospital, where thousands of displaced people have taken refuge, had indicated, on Sunday evening, in a previous toll, “the death of 5 premature babies and 7 sick ones.” The hospital announced on Saturday that 39 premature babies were still in the hospital. A doctor from Doctors Without Borders also reported that 17 patients were in intensive care.

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