Israel bombs the ICU of Al-Shifa Hospital. injuries were reported

JERUSALEM:

Israeli forces bombed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza again on Saturday, this time targeting the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), injuring several staff members on duty and putting some infants at risk of death from lack of oxygen after a power outage .

Israeli forces shelled the ICU and the hospital is under intense attack, UK-based non-governmental organization Medical Aid for Palestinians released a statement issued by Dr. Marwan Abu Sada, head of the Department of Surgery at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. His social media account on X.

Dr. Sada also reported several injuries to staff members at the ICU and Al-Shifa Hospital.

Personnel moving between buildings have been shot and seriously injured. Those who tried to escape came under fire and are now dead or injured on the streets because rescue is impossible, he said.

He added that with the mortuary closed, a hundred bodies are piled up and cannot be buried.

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“The power is out, staff have to ventilate patients and babies in the NICU are starting to die from lack of oxygen,” added Dr Santa.

“Israel’s war on hospitals must end,” he stressed.

However, an Israeli military spokesman said in a statement that the Israeli military was “engaged in an intense conflict” with Hamas around the Al-Shifa hospital, without elaborating.

Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip — including hospitals, homes and houses of worship — since the October 7 cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

At least 11,078 Palestinians have been killed, including 4,506 children and 3,027 women.

The Israeli death toll is nearly 1,200, according to official figures.