The United Nations reports that Israel continued its armed raid on a hospital in northern Gaza

Geneva, December 15, 2019 The Israeli occupation army continued its incursion into the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia (northern Gaza Strip), according to complaints received, after liberating some prisoners. The people he was holding, he shot and wounded five of them when they returned to the hospital.

This came today in the daily report on the situation in Gaza issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA), which indicates that the military raid on the hospital, which included the mobilization of tanks, continued on Thursday for the third day. Consecutive.

According to data received by the Ministry of Health in Gaza from the United Nations, Israeli forces forced 2,500 people who took refuge in the hospital to leave this place, as they did with patients and staff, while twelve children who were in intensive care remained. Without care.

The United Nations indicated that a total of 70 members of the hospital’s medical staff, including its director, were still being held by Israel and that their location was unknown, while the Israeli army indicated that it had captured dozens of Hamas activists.

The hospital was already operating at minimal levels because, even before it was besieged, it was suffering from severe shortages of fuel, water, food and medical supplies. Evie

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