Israeli occupation forces storm Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza

GAZA: Israeli occupation forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, early this morning. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers stormed the hospital, instructing patients to move to the main courtyard. The assault on the hospital began last night with air strikes that hit the hospital and its courtyards, including the medical oxygen generator, according to local health authorities. The bombing of the oxygen supply led to the death of children in the hospital and wounded medical staff, the sources said. A few hours after the air strikes, Israeli troops raided the hospital and called on all patients, including people in intensive care, to gather in the courtyard. Meantime, the hospital director noted that some windows in patient rooms were shattered due to continuous shelling by Israeli forces. Last night, the hospital was surrounded, with Israeli military vehicles firing upon the facility, endangering sick children inside. Additionally, soldiers blocked essential aid from reaching the hospital, where over 15 patients are in urgent need of surgeries that are impossible to perform under the current siege conditions. Large-scale Israeli attack on North Gaza district The Israeli occupation army has intensified its assault in northern Gaza amid a suffocating siege that has left tens of thousands of people without food and water. The onslaught, which began on October 5, is the latest episode in Israel's brutal offensive that has killed nearly 42,800 people, mostly women and children, and injured more than 100,400 since October 2023. The Israeli onslaught has displaced nearly the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA