Thursday, 21 November, 2024
At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, mostly in the north where one attack hit a hospital, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations, the enclave's health officials said.
Israel's military has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of using Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya for military purposes and said "dozens of terrorists" have been hiding there. Health officials and Hamas deny the charge.
Later on Thursday, an Israeli airstrike on two houses in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza killed at least 16 Palestinians, medics at Al-Awda Hospital in the camp told Reuters. The dead included a paramedic and two local journalists, they added.
Northern Gaza, where Israel said in January it had dismantled Hamas' command structure, is currently the main focus of the military's assault in the enclave. Earlier this month it sent tanks into Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya to flush out militants it said had regrouped.
Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate the northern part of Gaza flee amid an Israeli military operation, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip Oct 22, 2024.
Eid Sabbah, director of nursing at Kamal Adwan - which is in Beit Lahiya - told Reuters some staff suffered minor burns after the Israeli strike hit the third floor of the hospital.
There were no reported casualties at the hospital, which Israeli forces stormed and briefly occupied last week. According to Israel, around 100 suspected Hamas militants were apprehended during the raid, and Israeli tanks remain stationed nearby.
The Health Ministry in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip has called on international organizations "to protect hospitals and medical staff from the brutality of the (Israeli) occupation."
The Israeli military stated that its forces are operating in the hospital vicinity based on intelligence regarding the presence of terrorists and related infrastructure in the area.
"During the operation, dozens of terrorists were found hiding within the hospital, with some even disguising themselves as hospital staff," said the military in a statement following Thursday's strike.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported on Thursday that one of its doctors at the hospital, Mohammed Obeid, was detained by Israeli forces last Saturday. The organization has appealed for the protection of Obeid and all medical personnel who "are facing horrific violence as they try to provide care."
The current Gaza conflict erupted after a Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed, and 251 hostages were taken back to Gaza, according to Israeli records.
The subsequent Israeli offensive on Gaza has led to the deaths of over 43,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian authorities, and has left much of the territory in ruins.
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At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, mostly in the north where one attack hit a hospital, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations, the enclave's health officials said.
Israel's military has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of using Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya for military purposes and said "dozens of terrorists" have been hiding there. Health officials and Hamas deny the charge.
Later on Thursday, an Israeli airstrike on two houses in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza killed at least 16 Palestinians, medics at Al-Awda Hospital in the camp told Reuters. The dead included a paramedic and two local journalists, they added.
Northern Gaza, where Israel said in January it had dismantled Hamas' command structure, is currently the main focus of the military's assault in the enclave. Earlier this month it sent tanks into Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya to flush out militants it said had regrouped.
Displaced Palestinians ordered by the Israeli military to evacuate the northern part of Gaza flee amid an Israeli military operation, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip Oct 22, 2024.
Eid Sabbah, director of nursing at Kamal Adwan - which is in Beit Lahiya - told Reuters some staff suffered minor burns after the Israeli strike hit the third floor of the hospital.
There were no reported casualties at the hospital, which Israeli forces stormed and briefly occupied last week. According to Israel, around 100 suspected Hamas militants were apprehended during the raid, and Israeli tanks remain stationed nearby.
The Health Ministry in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip has called on international organizations "to protect hospitals and medical staff from the brutality of the (Israeli) occupation."
The Israeli military stated that its forces are operating in the hospital vicinity based on intelligence regarding the presence of terrorists and related infrastructure in the area.
"During the operation, dozens of terrorists were found hiding within the hospital, with some even disguising themselves as hospital staff," said the military in a statement following Thursday's strike.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported on Thursday that one of its doctors at the hospital, Mohammed Obeid, was detained by Israeli forces last Saturday. The organization has appealed for the protection of Obeid and all medical personnel who "are facing horrific violence as they try to provide care."
The current Gaza conflict erupted after a Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed, and 251 hostages were taken back to Gaza, according to Israeli records.
The subsequent Israeli offensive on Gaza has led to the deaths of over 43,000 Palestinians, according to Palestinian authorities, and has left much of the territory in ruins.
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