Indonesia hospital after attacks
By Global News Service
Israeli forces shelled all three major hospitals in northern Gaza—Kamal Adwan, Al-Awda, and the Indonesian Hospital—on the night of October 18 through October 19. Dozens of people, including health staff, were killed or injured during the attacks, which targeted hospital grounds despite patients and displaced people sheltering there.
Similarly, attacks on Jabalia killed health workers and their family members, including nurses from Kamal Adwan and Al-Shifa hospitals, according to hospital sources. Later on October 19, reports on social media revealed that the IOF detained a large group of Palestinian men near the Indonesian Hospital, holding them in what appeared to be a large pit. The reports raised concerns that these men, like thousands of other Gazans, are likely to be forcibly disappeared at the hands of Israeli forces.
The attacks severely damaged all three hospitals. Large sections of Al-Awda’s upper floors were destroyed in shelling, and parts of the Indonesian Hospital’s walls and Kamal Adwan’s laboratory entrance were blown apart or damaged. All three facilities have effectively been forced out of service by the assaults, leaving hundreds of people—including pregnant women, children, and critically injured patients—without any access to care.
Dr. Marwan Al-Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital, stated that the hospital was unable to provide critical care due to the shortage of supplies and staff could not start the generator as a result of fuel running out. Al-Sultan added that IOF forces had surrounded shelters near the hospital, trapping hundreds of displaced families, including newborn babies and the elderly.
from the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service
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