GAZA: The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported this morning that the Israeli artillery resumed its in the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital, an affiliate of the Society, located in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli attacks persisted in the vicinity of the hospital, said the Red Crescent, accompanied by ongoing gunfire from Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles.
Last night, PRCS urgently appealed to the international community and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for immediate intervention to protect the Society’s Al-Amal Hospital and its premises in the Gaza Stirp amidst the ongoing Israeli airstrikes.
This includes safeguarding medical staff, patients, and approximately 14,000 internally displaced persons seeking refuge at the hospital, all in accordance with international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, the society said in a press statement.
PRCS expressed its deep concern over the repeated targeting by Israeli occupation forces of its prem
ises and the Al-Amal Hospital-an affiliate of the society-in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
The Red Crescent reported that Israeli occupation forces had shelled multiple floors of its headquarters over the past four days, with the latest bombardment occurring this morning.
According to the statement, the direct targeting of the association’s building resulted in the murder of seven displaced individuals, including a five-day-old infant, and injured 11 others.
In addition to the casualties at the society’s premises, Israeli airstrikes struck dozens of residential buildings and gatherings of people near or around the hospital, resulting in dozens more casualties, including displaced individuals seeking refuge at the PRCS premises.
The society highlighted that the Israeli airstrikes also destroyed its communication transmission station, the only means of communication left after the cessation of various telecom services in Khan Yunis province. This significantly impedes the ability of emergency me
dical crews to respond to the injured, patients, and humanitarian cases.
Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA