Israel strikes attacks Gaza hospital two days after the last major operating medical facility knocks down “dumping medicine”

Deir Al-Balah in Gaza Strip The hospital director said Israeli air strikes hit the north gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing doctors and injuring 10 other people. The strike at the Kuwait field hospital in the Muwasi region was the second strike by the Gaza health agency in three days, in the last hospital still providing intensive care in the Palestinian enclave occurred on Sunday at the UN said it had “failed”.

Israeli attack in Gaza It has been going on for nearly a month since the country abandoned the Hamas ceasefire negotiated with the United States, Egypt and Qatar. Efforts to reach a new ceasefire have made little noticeable progress since then, although Hamas said it is considering a new Israeli proposal this week.

Several news agencies quoted Hamas officials as saying that Israel stopped people in the battle for 45 days in exchange for the release of hostages. But Hamas officials cited by multiple news organizations reiterated that they would not be a ceasefire agreement without Israel’s forces pledging to end the war and withdraw from Gaza. Hamas officials were also quoted as saying that Israel had made a request for the group to agree to disarm – citing one representative: “No discussion.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Israeli government has not confirmed a new proposal for Hamas.

Thousands of Palestinians seek shelter in tent camps near Kuwait’s field hospital, but the injured on Tuesday’s strike were patients and medical staff, including two patients with critical conditions, according to hospital spokesman Saber Mohammed.

The IDF did not immediately comment during Tuesday’s strike. During the 18-month war, the IDF bombed the hospital several times, accusing Hamas of long-term designation by the United States and Israel as a terrorist organization, hiding it in it or using it for military purposes. Staff at Hamas and Gaza hospitals denied the allegations and accused Israel of reckless endangering civilians and intentionally destroying the health system in the region.

On Sunday, Israel attacked Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City after ordering its evacuation. The UN said a child patient with reported head injuries died while evacuated, and the strike seriously damaged the emergency room, pharmacy and surrounding buildings.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the United Nations World Health Program, said in a tweet: “The hospital is protected under international humanitarian law. The attack on health care must be stopped. We repeat: Health workers and hospitals must be protected.

A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres responded to the sentiment, saying: “Under international humanitarian law, injured and patients, medical personnel and medical institutions (including hospitals) must be respected and protected,” according to Reuters News Agency.

The bishop of Jerusalem, which runs the hospital, also condemned the strike.

Israel said it targets the HAMAS command and control centers within the facility without providing evidence. Hamas denied the charge.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive killed more than 51,000 people, according to the latest losses released by the Gaza Ministry of Health on Tuesday. This includes more than 1,600 people killed since Israel ended the ceasefire and resumed offense last month to force Hamas to accept changes to the deal. The ministry is led by medical professionals but reports to the Hamas government in Gaza. Despite Israel’s doubts about its number, its casualties are often seen as reliable by UN agencies and independent experts. Israel said it killed about 20,000 militants and provided no evidence.

The ministry did not say how many civilians or combatants were, but said women and children accounted for more than half of the dead. The offensive destroyed most of the area and displaced 90% of the approximately 2 million Palestinians in the area.

The war was triggered by a terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, planned by Hamas, which caused about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and another 251 people were deemed hostages to return to Gaza. Israeli officials said 59 of them remained in Gaza, 24 of them were still considered alive, and the majority of the rest were released in a ceasefire agreement or other transactions.