Skip to main content
Statement
Kamal Adwan Hospital: The situation inside and around the hospital is catastrophic
source
Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
Event Date

Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hussam Abu Safia:

🔹The situation inside and around the hospital is catastrophic, there are a large number of martyrs and wounded, including 4 martyrs from the hospital's medical staff, and there are no surgeons left.

🔹The only medical team that was performing operations was the Indonesian medical delegation, and they were the first to be forced to leave to the checkpoint.

🔹Medical supplies are running out, and there are hundreds of victims.

🔹At first, there were a series of airstrikes on the northern and western sides of the hospital, accompanied by heavy and direct fire, which fortunately did not result in any injuries inside the hospital. Then we were surprised by two people entering the hospital carrying a loudspeaker. They ordered me to evacuate all patients, displaced persons and medical staff, and to evacuate everyone to the hospital yard and forcibly take them out to the checkpoint. After that, they came back to me and asked for one companion for each patient and displaced person to help with the evacuation.

🔹In the morning, we were shocked to see hundreds of dead bodies and wounded in the streets surrounding the hospital.

🔹Oxygen generators were targeted at night, and now there are only two inexperienced surgeons available to operate on patients. They were forced to start operations despite their lack of experience, as there were 20 wounded who needed urgent care.

🔹Human rights organizations and international institutions must act to save what can be saved from the repeated war crimes that have become a daily routine for the occupation.

December 6, 2024