The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) withdrew on Friday from Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the city of Gaza after about 10 days of storming raiding and destroying large parts of it.
Local sources reported that the IOF withdrew from Al-Shifa Medical Complex after bombing several hospital facilities after failing to prove its allegation about the presence of tunnels and Hamas offices in the hospital. The bombing was intended to bury any evidence of the occupation’s criminality and lies.
The sources explained that the IOF blew up the hospital’s power generators and medical equipment including X-ray machines in addition to oxygen pumps before withdrawing from it.
A medical source in the complex told Anadolu Agency that about 180 patients and 7 medical staff members are still present in Al-Shifa Hospital.
He said that “the patients and the wounded are unable to move due to their serious injuries and need to be transported by special ambulances.”
The source pointed out that “about 19 of the wounded and patients are at risk of losing their lives due to the severity of their health conditions.”
He said that “the wounded and medical staff in the hospital have no food and only limited amounts of water” appealing to the relevant authorities to “quickly work on evacuating them from Al-Shifa Hospital as soon as possible.”
On November 15 the IOF stormed Al-Shifa Complex after besieging it for several days during which the hospital was repeatedly shelled.
After several days the IOF demanded those present in the hospital to evacuate on foot but some of the wounded and patients were unable to leave due to their conditions and some doctors and hospital staff members had to stay with them.
During the past few days the IOF carried out extensive digging searching and violent combing operations inside the hospital’s sections buildings gardens and parking lot resulting in the martyrdom of a number of displaced persons and wounded inside according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
The withdrawal operation comes hours after the temporary humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions went into effect at 07:00 AM local time today.
The humanitarian ceasefire agreement includes the release of 50 Israeli prisoners from Gaza in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinians from Israeli prisons as well as the entry of hundreds of trucks loaded with humanitarian relief medical and fuel aid into the Gaza Strip.
