Palestinian doctors report that 75 wounded have been forcibly evacuated from the center
MADRID, 27 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israeli Army finally announced this Friday the entry of its forces into the Kamal Aduan hospital, in northern Gaza, after weeks of siege to the medical center, in an operation conceived, according to the military, against the Palestinian militias entrenched in the inside the center and denounced by the hospital management as a violation of International Humanitarian Law.
The operation is being carried out by forces of the 401st brigade under the direction of the Israeli national intelligence service, the Shin Bet, according to “preliminary information about the presence of terrorists, terrorist infrastructure and terrorist activity in the area.”
The Israeli Army has indicated that, before the operation, it has allowed the “orderly evacuation” of both patients and personnel in coordination with local authorities and international organizations.
Gaza health authorities provide a radically different account: They accuse Israel of forcibly entering the medical center and expelling 350 people, including patients and medical staff, while cutting off the hospital’s communication with the outside world, according to a statement. of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, under Hamas control.
The director of the center, Dr. Hosam abú Sufiya, has specified that the forced evacuation of the hospital has affected 75 wounded people plus companions and about 180 members of staff, who are being transferred from Jabalia in a southerly direction to the Baptista Al Ahli Hospital, in Gaza City.
The Palestinian Islamist movement, in a parallel statement, has reiterated its complaints against the “barbaric bombings” by Israel in recent days in the vicinity of the center, which reached their maximum expression last night with an attack that left more than 50 dead, including five hospital members.