Gaza’s Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli forces killed at least 33 Palestinians and wounded another 156 in the previous 24-hour period.
The Health Ministry also reported Israeli shelling of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, which has come under repeated Israeli attacks, and said there were many injuries.
“The occupation forces continue to bomb and destroy Kamal Adwan Hospital violently, affecting all the hospital facilities. There are many injuries among the medical staff and patients,” the ministry wrote on Telegram. “It seems that a decision has been made to execute all the staff who refused to evacuate the hospital.”
The hospital’s director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, said the situation was “catastrophic” and he hadn’t received any notice before the attacks began. “Several of our staff have been injured, and we are unable to leave the hospital,” he said, according to Al Jazeera. “We do not understand the purpose behind this bombing that is targeting the hospital.”
Due to the repeated Israeli attacks, Kamal Adwan has not been able to treat patients. Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud said northern Gaza has been left without a properly functioning healthcare facility. “The entire northern part of the strip is left without any proper healthcare facility, the whole healthcare system is gone, is completely collapsing,” he said.
The Israeli military launched a new assault and imposed a full siege on northern Gaza at the beginning of October as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign known as the “general’s plan.” In that time, Israeli forces have killed over 1,800 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Media Office.
Medics told Reuters that at least seven people were killed by Israeli attacks on two houses in Beith Lahia on Monday. At least five other Palestinians were killed by other Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the latest violence brought its death toll since October 2023 to 43,374 and the number of wounded to 102,261. The numbers are considered an undercount since they don’t account for Palestinians missing and presumed dead under the rubble or indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege.
A group of American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza have estimated the US-backed Israeli bombing campaign and siege has killed at least 118,908 Palestinians, including over 60,000 who have starved to death.
